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,^[1]

     […] 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,^[2]

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

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