dishonesty
/dɪsˈɒnɪ.sti/
dishonesty noun: the characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
Noun
dishonesty (usually uncountable, plural dishonesties)
- 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
- An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.
- 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...
dishonesty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dishonesty in Hindi
- characteristic or condition of being dishonest
- बेईमानी beīmānī
dishonesty in Tamil
- நேர்மையின்மை, வக்கிரம், பட்டிமை, திருட்டுத்தனம், நேரீனம், அயோக்கியதை
dishonesty in Marathi
- अप्रामाणिकपणा, अप्रामाणिकता
dishonesty in Urdu
- dishonesty
- بدنیتی badnītī
- dishonesty, cheating
- دھاندلی dhāndlī
More languagesFewer languages
- dishonesty in Bengali
- অসততা, অসৎতা
- dishonesty in Malayalam
- നേരുകേട് nērukēṭŭ, വക്രത vakrata, കള്ളത്തരം kaḷḷattaraṁ
- dishonesty in Kannada
- ಬಿಂಕು
- dishonesty in Gujarati
- અપ્રમાણિકતા, અપ્રામાણિકતા
- dishonesty in Odia
- ଅସତ୍ଯ଼ତା
- dishonesty in Nepali
- बेईमानी, बेइमानता
Antonyms of dishonesty
Forms of dishonesty
| plural | dishonesties |
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Origin of dishonesty
From Middle English dishoneste (“disgrace, filth”), from Old French deshoneste, equivalent to dis- + honesty or dishonest + -y.
Questions about dishonesty
- What does dishonesty mean?
- Dishonesty means the characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
- What is dishonesty in Hindi?
- Dishonesty in Hindi is बेईमानी (beīmānī). See Dishonesty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dishonesty?
- Dishonesty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dishonesty?
- Dishonesty is pronounced /dɪsˈɒnɪ.sti/.
- What is the plural of dishonesty?
- The plural of dishonesty is dishonesties.
Words near dishonesty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dishonesty (page history and authors); dishonesty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dishonesty (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); بدنیتی (Urdu) (page history and authors); dishonesty (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dishonesty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dishonesty (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dishonesty (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dishonesty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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