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# dishonest

«dishonest» in Mova's school dictionary: **not honest: lying, cheating, stealing or tricking people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (dishonest, more dishonest, most dishonest)

### meaning for a pupil

Dishonest means not honest: lying, cheating, stealing or tricking people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about truth, lies and tricks, pupils learn why being dishonest hurts trust and how to spot dishonest people, like scammers. In stories, dishonest characters are often found out. Phrases: dishonest behaviour, a dishonest person, it is dishonest to.

### examples

- It is dishonest to copy someone's answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/#x1)
- The dishonest shopkeeper gave the wrong change on purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/#x2)
- Saying you did your homework when you didn't is dishonest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/#x3)
- A dishonest advert may promise things that aren't true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/#x4)
- Being dishonest makes people stop trusting you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/#x5)
- The fox in the story was sly and dishonest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/#x6)
- The dishonest get no credit, even if they act honestly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/#x7)

### note

Adjective made of dis- (not) + honest. The h is silent: say dis-ON-ist, so use an with honest (an honest boy) but a with dishonest (a dishonest boy). Noun: dishonesty; adverb: dishonestly.

### In the corpora

- [Claiming feelings just to seem friendly would be dishonest, like the "AI friend" in the safety lessons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/27-who-you-are-words-not-body/12/)
- ["Less than candid" is an official way to say dishonest; "candid" means open and honest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/6/)
- [It clears honest people as often as it catches dishonest ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/28/)
- ["You shall not steal" (Exodus 20:15); "The Lord detests dishonest scales" (Proverbs 11:1).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dishonest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.