Definition: 1. Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. 2. Lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable. 3. Lacking truthfulness. 4. Capable of being corrupted.
Use 'dishonest' in a sentence:
1. The affairs of the nation have been abandoned to dishonest politicians.
2. People don't like dishonest children.
3. It would be dishonest to mislead people and not to present the data as fairly as possible.
4. Never keep company with dishonest persons.
5. He was charged with some dishonest juggling with the accounts.
6. Dishonest importers would be able to pocket the VAT collected from customers.
7. His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.
8. The poor child was cheated out of his inheritance by a dishonest lawyer.
9. Don't be too familiar with him; he's a dishonest man.
10. The dishonest officer was cashiered.
11. You have been dishonest with me.
12. Some lawyers are dishonest, but many are not.
13. We are more likely to lie, research shows, when we are able to rationalise it, when we are stressed and fa tigued or see others being dishonest.
14. In this study, each of the participants tended to be either honest or dishonest.
15. Don't associate with dishonest boys.
16. It would be dishonest not to present the data as fairly as possible.
17. A Canadian study found that children as young as 14 months can differentiate between a credible person and a dishonest one.
18. We are more likely to lie, research shows, when we are able to rationalise it, when we are stressed and fatigued or see others being dishonest.
19. It is dishonest of you to take credit for work that was done by others.
20. You wronged him when you said that he was dishonest.
21. It was very dishonest of you to lie to them about your qualifications.
22. Companies should protect employees who blow the whistle on dishonest workmates and work practices.
23. It's not only dishonest but also unfair to all the other students in the class.
24. Somehow, humans are dishonest.
25. The dishonest treasurer misappropriated the club funds.
26. She was duped by the dishonest salesman.
27. He thinks you are dishonest.
28. He resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction.
29. If you are not lucky enough, you are likely to be tricked by some dishonest sellers into buying fake goods.
30. dishonest appropriation of property.
31. They labelled him as dishonest.
32. She often complains that he is dishonest.
33. Don't lend yourself to such dishonest schemes.
34. A dishonest action like that will degrade you.
35. They were the dupes of a clever but dishonest salesman.
36. "It's pretty dishonest," says Mark Silbergeld.
37. All his friends are dishonest.
38. A dishonest person is bound to meet with setbacks sooner or later.
39. The dishonest minister was publicly disgraced.
40. Teach him that for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every dishonest politician, there is a devoted leader; that for every enemy there is a friend.
41. Who can trust someone who is dishonest or unfair?
42. For example, lawyers are shrewd and dishonest is a popular stereotype.
43. It's not that people's profiles are dishonest, says Catalina Toma of Wisconsin-Madison University, "but they portray an idealised version of themselves".
44. Elderly people are easy prey for dishonest salesmen.
45. I don't like him, and it would be dishonest of me to pretend otherwise.
46. Beware of dishonest traders in the tourist areas.
47. In all fairness he had to admit that she was neither dishonest nor lazy.
48. Mr. Simon said he was not against taxes as such, "but I do object when taxation is justified on spurious or dishonest grounds," he says.
