dishonesty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪsˈɒnɪ.sti/
Etymology
From Middle English dishoneste (“disgrace, filth”), from Old French deshoneste, equivalent to dis- + honesty or dishonest + -y.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.
2022 January 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Government's IRP claims condemned as "dishonest"”, in RAIL, number 949, page 7:
- (countable, usually) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) Shamefulness, disgrace.
His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessity and denying him.
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dishonesties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (53)
ga mí-ionracas (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · pl brak szczerości (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · bg непочтеност (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ga caimiléireacht (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ml നേരുകേട് (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · pt desonestidade (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · ca deshonestedat (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · got 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌹 (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · fr malhonnêteté (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · pl nieuczciwość (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · mi whakapōhēhētanga (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ga caime (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ga camastaíl (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ru моше́нничество (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · mi whakapōhēhē (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · fi epärehellisyys (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · pt desonestidade (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · mhr лавыра (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · la perfidia (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · pl nieszczerość (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · nl oneerlijkheid (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · mi whakapōhēhētanga (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · uk нечесність (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · pl nieuczciwość (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · mi whakapōhēhē (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ru обма́н (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · ga míchneastacht (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · cs nepoctivost (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · bg мошеничество (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · ang unsōþfæstnes (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ml വക്രത (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ru бесче́стность (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · fi vilpillisyys (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · la fraudulentia (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · hi बेईमानी (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ga eisionracas (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · hu tisztességtelenség (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · ga mímhacántacht (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · bg измама (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · sv oärlighet (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · fi epärehellisyys (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · it disonestà (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · uk обман (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · sv oärlighet (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · ga ainionracas (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · de Unehrlichkeit (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · uk несумлінність (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ga éigneastacht (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ml കള്ളത്തരം (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · bg нечестност (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · ru нече́стность (characteristic or condition of being dishonest) · mhr лавыра (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest) · fi vilpillisyys (an act which is fraudulent or dishonest)