Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lack of honesty or integrity; improbity.
- noun A dishonest act or statement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being dishonest; lack of honesty; want of probity or integrity; a disposition to cheat or defraud, or to deceive and betray.
- noun Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; treachery; any deviation from probity or integrity.
- noun Unchastity; lewdness.
- noun Synonyms Knavishness, deceitfulness, perfidiousness, unscrupulousness, unfairness, slipperiness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.
- noun Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
- noun Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.
- noun Lewdness; unchastity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The
characteristic or condition of beingdishonest . - noun countable An act which is
fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being dishonest
- noun lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
Etymologies
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Examples
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In addition to this complicity with fraud and wrong on the part of the public, there are many ways in which * dishonesty engenders*, almost necessitates * dishonesty*.
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Maybe, his dishonesty is the reason for this, if he did not go writing articles all the time about how he may want to be the leader, people may feel what he says is more candid than it appears.
Possible Labour Leadership Contenders… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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This dishonesty is the main reason it is not possible to have a serious, reasoned discussion on any topic that touches, even tangentially, on race.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past 2010
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That might have been my only edge, come to think of it - part of what you refer to as the dishonesty of fighters.
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Doctor Jim could not tolerate what he called dishonesty, and from time to time they would have words and Frank would be gone for months.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Robert S. Carroll
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In cases involving dishonesty which go before a Jury, the Trial Judge always directs them that 'dishonesty' is a matter entirely for the Jury to decide upon, on the entirely reasonable basis that any Juror will be able to recognise dishonesty when he or she encounters it and needs no further instruction from a professional lawyer on the point.
Archive 2009-02-08 2009
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In cases involving dishonesty which go before a Jury, the Trial Judge always directs them that 'dishonesty' is a matter entirely for the Jury to decide upon, on the entirely reasonable basis that any Juror will be able to recognise dishonesty when he or she encounters it and needs no further instruction from a professional lawyer on the point.
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Otherwise, we know a little dishonesty is on display.
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My perspective is that Nazi propagandists (or any other propagandist whose works shields or justifies wrongdoing for political ends) peddle in dishonesty and are scum - no matter how artfully they do it.
“Capitalism: A Love Story” angers and inspires » Scene-Stealers 2009
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January 29th, 2010 at 1: 52 pm fixbone says: the repubs intellectual dishonesty is mind boggling
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