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dishonorable

[dis-on-er-uh-buhl]
adjective
  1. showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  2. having no honor or good repute; unprincipled; disreputable: a dishonorable man.
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Also especially British, dis·hon·our·a·ble.

Origin of dishonorable

First recorded in 1525–35; dis-1 + honorable
Related formsdis·hon·or·a·ble·ness, noundis·hon·or·a·bly, adverb

Synonyms

1. shameless, false. 2. infamous, unscrupulous, disgraceful, scandalous, ignominious.
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Examples from the Web for dishonourable

Historical Examples

  • "If you think it dishonourable or dishonest—" said Beaufort, irresolutely.

    Night and Morning, Complete

    Edward Bulwer-Lytton

  • It is quite as honourable, or dishonourable, which ever it may be, as any other branch of business.

  • It would be dishonourable, and he is, so far as I know, an honourable man of business.

  • If it does do dishonourable things, I prefer to know nothing about them.

  • For convention says that 'injustice is dishonourable,' but nature says that 'might is right.'

    Gorgias

    Plato

British Dictionary definitions for dishonourable

dishonourable

US dishonorable

adjective
  1. characterized by or causing dishonour or discredit
  2. having little or no integrity; unprincipled
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Derived Formsdishonourableness or US dishonorableness, noundishonourably or US dishonorably, adverb
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Word Origin and History for dishonourable

dishonorable

adj.

1530s; see dis- + honorable. Related: Dishonorably.

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