unhonesty

English

Alternative forms

• unhonestie (obsolete)

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:[2], 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 […] ‎^[1], 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^[2], 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.