Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Characterized by or causing dishonor or discredit.
  • adjective Lacking integrity; unprincipled.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Showing lack of honor; base; bringing or meriting shame or reproach; staining character and lessening reputation: as, a dishonorable act.
  • Destitute of honor; characterized by want of honor or good repute: as, a dishonorable man.
  • In a state of neglect or disesteem.
  • Synonyms and Disreputable, discreditable, disgraceful, ignominious, in famous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.
  • adjective Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Without honor, or causing dishonor
  • adjective Lacking respect or ethical principles

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
  • adjective deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

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Examples

  • "Not quite yet, sir" -- Harry jumped before the door; "you give me the alternative of being what I call dishonorable or losing the woman I love!"

    Stories of a western town 1893

  • "Not quite yet, sir" -- Harry jumped before the door; "you give me the alternative of being what I call dishonorable or losing the woman I love!"

    Stories of a Western Town Octave Thanet 1892

  • What makes that egregious and selfish act more serious than just disgustingly dishonorable is that those fake awards are used to justify and back up applications for employment or appointment, for winning political office, and even claims for veteran's benefits - including government medical treatment for post-traumatic stress syndrome.

    Media Coverage October 2010

  • She seems to think becoming vicious and dishonorable, is taking the heat .... when they are the tactics of someone who has nothing else in their personal arsenal.

    Obama: Nobody's complained more than the Clintons 2008

  • An issue of this importance to the nation deserves full public hearings, full debate on the floor of the Senate, not an attachment that I described as dishonorable to Iraq war funding bill.

    CNN Transcript May 21, 2008 2008

  • The union, which the law forbids, goes on without its sanction in dishonorable alliances.

    The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition: The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature 1893

  • But tonight in light of the attacks by David Brooks on NPR (he called her dishonorable, parroting Newt Gingrich), I need to repeat something.

    Corrente 2009

  • Obama knows that the word dishonorable is used in the military to get rid of bad soldiers.

    legitgov 2008

  • Generations of men and suffered, fought, and died to win the constitutional rights you so easily throw away in what can only be described as dishonorable cowardice.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Obamacare Constitutional? 2009

  • Generations of men and suffered, fought, and died to win the constitutional rights you so easily throw away in what can only be described as dishonorable cowardice.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Obamacare Constitutional? 2009

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