dishonourable

/ dɪsˈɒnərəbəl; -ˈɒnrəbəl /

adjective

1. characterized by or causing dishonour or discredit
2. having little or no integrity; unprincipled

Derived Forms

• disˈhonourableness, noun
• disˈhonourably, adverb

Example Sentences

If you knew an honourable man was to be offered a bribe to do a dishonourable act, you would feel sure he would refuse it.

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It won't make me a bit more dishonourable to open the letter again—I've opened it once, and I don't feel any the worse for it.

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Up to then a terrible obstacle—the life of the legitimate wife—had prolonged a dishonourable situation.

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But a more dishonourable thing was never suffered by Englishmen, nor a more barbarous done by man, as this by them to us.

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Their denials of it were an admission of the unlawfulness of such acts, as they were also dishonourable to themselves.

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