dishonourable

US dishonorable

/ (dɪsˈɒnərəbəl, -ˈɒnrəbəl) /

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adjective

characterized by or causing dishonour or discredit

having little or no integrity; unprincipled

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Derived forms of dishonourable

dishonourableness or US dishonorableness, noundishonourably or US dishonorably, adverb

Words nearby dishonourable

dishonesty, dishonor, dishonorable, dishonorable discharge, dishonour, dishonourable, dish out, dishpan, dishpan hands, dishrag, dish the dirt

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How to use dishonourable in a sentence

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.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
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.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Up to then a terrible obstacle—the life of the legitimate wife—had prolonged a dishonourable situation.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet
But a more dishonourable thing was never suffered by Englishmen, nor a more barbarous done by man, as this by them to us.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys

Their denials of it were an admission of the unlawfulness of such acts, as they were also dishonourable to themselves.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2|Egerton Ryerson