Etymology

unhonest

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Today it means: Dishonest, deceptive, misleading. Full definition →

Middle English unhonest
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromunhonest
  2. English todayunhonest

From Middle English unhonest, unhoneste (“dishonourable”), equivalent to un- + honest.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.