Obs. exc. dial. [UN-1 12, 5 b.] Absence or lack of honesty (esp. in obsolete senses of that word).

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c. 1425.  Wyntoun, Cron., IV. xxv. 2356. Þat nane suld se Spot, fylth na vnhoneste Behind him in his doun falling.

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a. 1470.  Dives & Pauper (W. de W., 1496), VIII. vi. 328/2. The bacbyter hath more lykynge to speke of other mennes defautes & of theyr unhonestes & synne.

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1526.  Tindale, 2 Cor. iv. 1. We … have cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie.

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1586.  A. Day, Eng. Secretary, II. (1625), 22. Where Gentilitie is not all onely spotted, but in a manner couered and debased already with vnhonesty.

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1600.  Breton, Strange Fort. Two Princes, Wks. (Grosart), II. 4/1. Vnthankefulnesse is so neare to vnhonestie, as to auoid the touch of both.

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1647.  Hexham, I. Vnhonesty or dishonesty, oneerbaerheyt.

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1871.  W. Alexander, Johnny Gibb, viii. 51. Sic creaturs [ye are] wi’ oonhonesty.

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