dishonesty
/dɪsˈɒnɪ.sti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted."
- "His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessity and denying him."
Etymology
From Middle English dishoneste (“disgrace, filth”), from Old French deshoneste, equivalent to dis- + honesty or dishonest + -y.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: dishoneste, deshoneste