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Word: Dishonest
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘dishonourable, unchaste’): from Old French deshoneste, Latin dehonestus
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Phonetic Spelling:
dɪsˈɒnɪst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way
Short Definition:behaving or prone to behave in untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way
Examples:- he was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family
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