dishonesty
noun
lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
dishonesties
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pluralof dishonesty.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“When … caught in obvious and repeated lies and dishonesties, many will affect an air of total innocence, claiming without a trace of shame that they have been unfairly accused.”
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2018
One father of a boy with autism, the film director Todd Drezner, has written an open letter to the film’s distributors that itemises Vaxxed’s dishonesties – and dismisses their own absurd claims, post-Tribeca, of censorship.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2016
He vacillates between grandiose justifications for his dishonesties and mea culpa self-flagellation: “Nothing like the silken whip of self-reproach to soothe a smarting conscience,” he observes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2015
But as a window into the compromises and dishonesties with which Germans have had to live for two generations, the book packs a punch.
From Time Magazine Archive
His undoubted gifts as an anatomist allowed him to get away with the most barefaced dishonesties.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
