dishonorable
adjective
showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful.
dishonorably
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a word derived from
dishonorable.
Example Sentences
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That boy, 19-year-old Larry Wayne Chaffin, was dishonorably discharged for his protest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Jenkins was court-martialed, dishonorably discharged and served a brief sentence — during which he claimed he was intensely debriefed by U.S. intelligence officials.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
They were cleared by local law enforcement, but Teddy Roosevelt dishonorably discharged them anyway.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
His breakthrough came with “The Brownsville Raid,” which told the true story of Black soldiers who were dishonorably discharged in 1906 after they were wrongly accused of murder.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
There was ample reason why Philip Danvers should remember the disloyal trooper, dishonorably discharged.
From A Man of Two Countries by Dowling, Colista M.
