dishonest

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not honest; shoddy.

   “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.

2. 2
   adj

   Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

   inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars

3. 3
   adj

   Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

   Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.

4. 4
   adj

   capable of being corrupted

5. 5
   adj

   deceptive or fraudulent

6. 6
   adj

   Interfering with honesty.

Etymology

From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.