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her dishonesty about what happened
Recent Examples of dishonesty from the Web
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The lying and dishonesty, however, are affecting the emotional strength of our relationship.
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The lying and dishonesty, however, is affecting the emotional strength of our relationship.
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Sinclair Broadcasting released a video on Tuesday that accuses CNN’s Brian Stelter of dishonesty and hypocrisy for his recent attacks on the company amid controversy over Sinclair anchors being asked to read a scripted warning about fake news.
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Weithorn says her decision to drop mention of MIT isn’t an admission of dishonesty.
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There is a tendency to assume that once money is involved, greed and dishonesty are involved, too.
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Under the terms of the settlement, Marshall acknowledged violating a single rule of professional conduct involving dishonesty and misrepresentation.
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The official dishonesty, coupled with deep-seated corruption, spooked foreign lenders and defied core EU values of integrity in governance.
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To suggest that Anchorage area bears will not respond aggressively to a close encounter with a human is the height of ignorance — or dishonesty.
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First Known Use of dishonesty
1589
dishonesty Synonyms
Synonyms
artifice, cheating, cozenage, craft, craftiness, crookedness, crookery, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, fakery, foxiness, fraud, guile, guilefulness, wiliness;
Antonyms
artlessness, forthrightness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity;
Near Antonyms
candidness, candor, directness, frankness, openness, plainness, plainspokenness;
dependability, reliability, reliableness, solidity, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness;
decency, goodness, incorruptibility, integrity, righteousness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtuousness;
Related Words
equivocation, lying, mendacity, prevarication;
chicane, chicanery, fraudulence, hanky-panky, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery, wile;
falsehood, falsity, fib, untruth;
hypocrisy, insincerity, sanctimoniousness, two-facedness;
artfulness, caginess (also cageyness), deviousness, shrewdness;
treacherousness, underhandedness, unscrupulousness;
covertness, furtiveness, secrecy, shadiness, sneakiness, stealthiness;
oiliness, shiftiness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness;
DISHONESTY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of dishonesty for English Language Learners
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: lack of honesty : the quality of being untruthful or deceitful
DISHONESTY Defined for Kids
Definition of dishonesty for Students
: the quality of being untruthful : lack of honesty
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