Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - dishonest
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Dishonest
dishonest
If you say that a person or their behaviour is dishonest, you mean that they are not truthful or honest and that you cannot trust them. It would be dishonest not to present the data as fairly as possible. ? honest ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf • dishonestly The key issue was whether the four defendants acted dishonestly. ADV: usu ADV with v
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French deshoneste, from des- dis- + honeste honest Date: 14th century 1. obsolete shameful, unchaste 2. characterized by lack of truth, honesty, or trustworthiness ; unfair, deceptive • ~ly adverb Synonyms: ~, deceitful, mendacious, untruthful mean unworthy of trust or belief. ~ implies a willful perversion of truth in order to deceive, cheat, or defraud a swindle usually involves two ~ people. deceitful usually implies an intent to mislead and commonly suggests a false appearance or double-dealing the secret affairs of a deceitful spouse. mendacious may suggest bland or even harmlessly mischievous deceit and when used of people often suggests a habit of telling untruths mendacious tales of adventure. untruthful stresses a discrepancy between what is said and fact or reality an untruthful account of their actions. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. (of a person, act, or statement) fraudulent or insincere. Derivatives dishonestly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF deshoneste (as DIS-, HONEST) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. нечестный, непорядочный, мошеннический, бессовестный; бесчестный, позорный dishonest lawsuit —- позорный судебный процесс dishonest profit —- грязные барыши 2. нечестный, недобросовестный, небрежный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
~ adj not honest (Unfortunately there are dishonest traders about.) - dishonestly adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1390, from O.Fr. deshoneste, perhaps from a M.L. compound of L. dis- "not" + honestus "honorable" (see honest). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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