Definition of underhandedness in English:
underhandedness
nounʌndəˈhandɪdnəsˌəndərˈhandədnəs
mass nounSecretive or dishonest behaviour.
he rules with a combination of threats and underhandedness
Example sentencesExamples
- The Commission's reforms were shot through with serpentine underhandedness.
- That's all Mayo were trying to do and for their efforts to be upfront they met only with underhandedness.
- I'm not going to permit this sort of underhandedness or distortion to prevent me from doing a job in the service of the Tasmanian people.
- It is the sneakiness and underhandedness that has disappointed me.
- The problem is not with the underhandedness of a given lobby group, the problem is with the system that allows financial might to dominate the decision-making process.
- The aim of the government's underhandedness was to make the deal look like the property of 'the People'.
- Intriguing how a simple answer to a question by a reporter could distract people from the true underhandedness taking place right under their noses.
- She always acts above board, never resorting to underhandedness.
- The woman had depths of underhandedness he was only beginning to comprehend.
- You think that infighting, back-stabbing and underhandedness were only confined to Republicans and Democrats?