disreputation
[ dis-rep-yuh-tey-shuhn ]
Origin of disreputation
1First recorded in 1595–1605; dis-1 + reputation
Words Nearby disreputation
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How to use disreputation in a sentence
It is but the attempt of private gentlemen, the State suffers noe losse, noe disreputation.
Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 | Thomas J. WertenbakerOr rather, what disreputation is it to Horace that Juvenal excels in the tragical satire, as Horace does in the comical?
Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry | John DrydenIt is but the attempt of private gentlemen: the State suffers noe losse, noe disreputation.
The Birth of the Nation | Mrs. Roger A. PryorWithout this, he will incur their contempt, and bring disreputation on the institution.
Does it not seem to you a plot well woven as well in Holland as at this court to remove me from my post with disreputation?
The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I. | John Lothrop Motley
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