unhonest
/ʌnˈɒnɪst/
unhonest adjective: dishonest, deceptive, misleading.
Adjective
unhonest (comparative more unhonest, superlative most unhonest)
- Dishonest, deceptive, misleading.
- These irregularities may be caused by environment, management, and unhonest or erroneous actions of any kind.2000, Giacomo Della Riccia, Rudolf Kruse, Hans-Joachim Lenz, Computational Intelligence in Data Mining
- […] and the confrontation between Islam and the West, which dates back to the Arab conquests of the seventh century and the crusades." How unrealistic and even unhonest is this analysis and predating of terrorism!2007, ʻUbaidullāh Fahd Falāhī, Terrorism, resistance, and Islam, page 77
- Dishonourable; unseemly, not respectable.
- Theſame Alexander, be auiſed and coũſailed, that he ſhould winne and make frendes vnto him, all ſuche perſones both honeſt and vnhoneſt, good and badde, as beare any rule, ſtroke or autoritte, in the commen weale, and that the good men he ſhould vſe, and the euil perſones he ſhould abuſe, that is...1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Philippus Kyng of Macedonie”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious...
- children[…]should , neither see that was uncumlie, nor heare that was unhonesta. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […]...
- Immoral, morally reprehensible.
Forms of unhonest
| comparative | more unhonest |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unhonest |
Origin of unhonest
From Middle English unhonest, unhoneste (“dishonourable”), equivalent to un- + honest.
Questions about unhonest
- What does unhonest mean?
- Unhonest means dishonest, deceptive, misleading.
- What part of speech is unhonest?
- Unhonest is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unhonest?
- Unhonest is pronounced /ʌnˈɒnɪst/.
Words near unhonest in the dictionary
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