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disreputable
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Example Sentences
Origin
dis·rep·u·ta·ble
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dɪsˈrɛp
yə
tə
bəl
/
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dis-
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adjective
1.
not
reputable
;
having a bad reputation:
a disreputable barroom.
2.
discreditable; dishonorable.
3.
shabby or shoddy; of poor quality or condition:
disreputable clothes.
Origin:
1765–75;
dis-
1
+
reputable
Related forms
dis·rep·u·ta·bil·i·ty,
dis·rep·u·ta·ble·ness,
noun
dis·rep·u·ta·bly,
adverb
Synonyms
2.
disgraceful, ignoble, unprincipled, objectionable, low, shameful, debased.
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He stands for some as a symbol of intellectual integrity, for others as a
disreputable
disturber of the doctrinal peace.
Virtually everyone would accept that such
disreputable
behaviour is undesirable.
End buyers are thought to include
disreputable
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He stands for some as a symbol of intellectual integrity, for others as a
disreputable
disturber of the doctrinal peace.
Virtually everyone would accept that such
disreputable
behaviour is undesirable.
End buyers are thought to include
disreputable
zoos or wealthy people who have personal menageries of exotic animals.
However, here anonymous among the ethical voids of the web, one may mark
disreputable
prediction.
And he was not only a commoner, he was a commoner in a slightly
disreputable
profession.
She remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one
disreputable
business scheme to another.
One's allies are usually as
disreputable
as one's opponents.
Better filmmakers would mine the
disreputable
vein of humor in the movie's slyest joke:.
Prejean surfaced, something she attributed to
disreputable
photographers.
Spark's novel, a somewhat
disreputable
aunt or an unspeakable cousin, perhaps the mother of one's best friend.
It soon became a popular resort, and at certain times in history a rather
disreputable
one.
Beneficial, had long had slightly
disreputable
reputations.
But the school's image went from outstanding to
disreputable
last month.
Still further efforts are to be made to stop this
disreputable
business.
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World English Dictionary
disreputable
(dɪsˈrɛpjʊtəb
ə
l)
—
adj
1.
having or causing a lack of repute
2.
disordered in appearance
disreputa'bility
—
n
dis'reputableness
—
n
dis'reputably
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
disreputable
1772, from
disrepute
+
-able
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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