unhonesty

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noun

Synonym of dishonesty.

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Meanings

noununhonesty (uncountable)

alternative unhonestie

  1. archaicuncountableSynonym of dishonesty.

    Vnhoneſty or diſhoneſty, oneerbaerheydt, ofteſchandelijckheydt.

    1675 [1647], Henry Hexham, edited by Daniel Manly, A Copious English and Netherdutch Dictionary […] , Rotterdam, page 435
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    but have caſt from vs the clokes of vnhoneſtie / and walke not in craftines / nether coꝛrupte we the woꝛde of God: but walke in open trueth / and repoꝛte oure ſelves to every mannes conſcience in the ſight of God.

    1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians iiij:[2], folio ccxxxviij, recto

    In addition I want to pick up the thought of unhonesty of the patient against himself again. That means also dishonesty against the medical doctor.

    2001, Zdzisław Gajda, “Medical Ethics and Patient's Responsibility”, in Alfred J. Schauer, editor, Ethics in Medicine, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 117

    Synonyms: dishonesty

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nounSynonym of dishonesty.

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishunhoneste“immorality”
  2. Englishunhonesty

From Middle English unhoneste (“immorality”); equivalent to un- + honesty.

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