dishonest

adj
/dɪˈsɒnɪst/UK/dɪˈsɑnɪst/US/dɪzˈɒnɛst/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from dehonestus
  2. derived from deshoneste
  3. inherited from dishoneste — “dishonourable

Definitions

  1. Not honest

    Not honest; shoddy.

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

  3. Dishonorable

    Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

    • inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
    • speake dishonest word
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Dishonoured

      Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dishonest. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01dishonest02honest03fraud04undeserved05unfair06fair07innocent08responsibility09culpable10guilty

A definitional loop anchored at dishonest. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at dishonest

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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