dishonourable
Britishadjective
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characterized by or causing dishonour or discredit
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having little or no integrity; unprincipled
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"I trusted Prigozhin, but what he did is dishonourable."
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023
“There was nothing dishonourable in not being blown about by every little modern wind. Better to have worth, to entrench, to be an oak of one’s own generation.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2020
Hollywood comedies have a long and dishonourable tradition of treating what is effectively poisoning as a lark.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2018
In it, Mr Comey writes that White House chief of staff John Kelly said Mr Trump's dismissal of him was "dishonourable", according to the Daily Beast.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2018
Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonourable peace; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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