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dishonourable

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dishonourable US, dishonorable [dɪsˈɒnərəbəl -ˈɒnrəbəl]
adj
1. characterized by or causing dishonour or discredit
2. having little or no integrity; unprincipled
dishonourableness  US, dishonorableness n
dishonourably  US, dishonorably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
inglorious - not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
unjust - violating principles of justice; "unjust punishment"; "an unjust judge"; "an unjust accusation"
ignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
unworthy - lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness"

dishonourable U.S. dishonorable
Translations
dishonourable dishonorable (US) [dɪsˈɒnərəbl] ADJdeshonroso
dishonourable discharge (US) (Mil) → baja f por conducta deshonrosa
dishonourable [dɪsˈɒnərəbəl] (British) dishonorable (US) adj (= disreputable) [person] → sans honneur; [behaviour] → déshonorant(e)
dishonourable discharge (British) dishonorable discharge (US) nrenvoi de l'armée)m > pour manquement à l'honneur
dishonourable, (US) dishonorable
adjunehrenhaft; it was dishonourable of him to do thates war unehrenhaft, dass er das getan hat
dishonourable dishonorable (Am) [dɪsˈɒnrəbl] adjdisonorevole
dishonourable dishonorable (Am) [dɪsˈɒnrəbl] adjdisonorevole


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(1) The haunch was regarded as a dishonourable portion.
And this, as I imagine, is the reason why the forwardness to take office, instead of waiting to be compelled, has been deemed dishonourable.
Now some things which are commanded differ from others; not in the business, but in the end proposed thereby: for which reason many works, even of a servile nature, are not disgraceful for young freemen to perform; for many things which are ordered to be done are not honourable or dishonourable so much in their own nature as in the end which is proposed, and the reason for which they are undertaken.
 
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