underhonest

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ honest.

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Adjective

underhonest (comparative more underhonest, superlative most underhonest)

1. Not entirely honest.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     […] we think him over-proud
     And under-honest,

   • 1998, Warren S. Browner, chapter 4, in Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research‎^[1], Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 39:

     Clinical research is never perfect so there is no need to pretend otherwise. Avoid being underhonest. Acknowledge the little errors.

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