unhonesty

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English unhoneste (“immorality”); equivalent to un- +‎ honesty.

Noun

unhonesty (uncountable)

  1. (now rare) Synonym of dishonesty
    • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt  (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians iiij:, folio ccxxxviij, recto:
      but have caſt from vs the clokes of vnhoneſtie / and walke not in craftines / nether coꝛrupte we the woꝛde of God: but walke in open trueth / and repoꝛte oure ſelves to every mannes conſcience in the ſight of God.
    • 1675 [1647], Henry Hexham, edited by Daniel Manly, A Copious English and Netherdutch Dictionary ‎, Rotterdam, page 435:
      Vnhoneſty or diſhoneſty, oneerbaerheydt, ofteſchandelijckheydt.
    • 2001, Zdzisław Gajda, “Medical Ethics and Patient's Responsibility”, in Alfred J. Schauer, editor, Ethics in Medicine‎, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 117:
      In addition I want to pick up the thought of unhonesty of the patient against himself again. That means also dishonesty against the medical doctor.
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