word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/dishonest.json

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{
    "term": "dishonest",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not honest; intending to trick people",
            "sensetop": "dishonest with somebodydishonest about somethingit is dishonest (of somebody) (to do something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Beware of dishonest traders in the tourist areas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been dishonest with voters.",
                    "contextForm": "dishonest with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has been dishonest about his age and academic qualifications.",
                    "contextForm": "dishonest about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't like him, and it would be dishonest of me to pretend otherwise.",
                    "contextForm": "it is dishonest (of somebody) (to do something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think he's downright dishonest!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What they are doing is not considered dishonest."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["deeply", "thoroughly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈɒnɪst/",
                "audio": "di/dishonest/dishonest__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈɑːnɪst/",
                "audio": "di/dishonest/dishonest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘dishonourable, unchaste’): from Old French deshoneste, Latin dehonestus."
}