underhonest

English

Etymology

under- +‎ honest

Adjective

underhonest (comparative more underhonest, superlative most underhonest)

  1. Not entirely honest.
    • c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 3,
      […] we think him over-proud
      And under-honest,
    • 1998, Warren S. Browner, Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research, Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 4, p. 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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