dishonest.
Not honest; shoddy.
Meaning & usage
Not honest; shoddy.
Interfering with honesty.
Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
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