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underhonest

underhonest adjective: not entirely honest.

Adjective

underhonest (comparative more underhonest, superlative most underhonest)

  1. Not entirely honest.
    • […] we think him over-proud
      And under-honest,c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • Clinical research is never perfect so there is no need to pretend otherwise. Avoid being underhonest. Acknowledge the little errors.1998, Warren S. Browner, chapter 4, in Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research, Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 39

Forms of underhonest

comparativemore underhonest
superlativemost underhonest

Origin of underhonest

From under- + honest.

Questions about underhonest

What does underhonest mean?
Underhonest means not entirely honest.
What part of speech is underhonest?
Underhonest is an adjective.

Words near underhonest in the dictionary

  1. underholds
  2. underhole
  3. underholed
  4. underholes
  5. underholing
  6. underhonest
  7. underhood
  8. underhoof
  9. underhook
  10. underhooked
  11. underhooking

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