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disrepute

[ dis-ri-pyoot ]

noun

  1. bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into ):

    Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.

    Synonyms: disgrace, disfavor



disrepute

/ ˌdɪsrɪˈpjuːt /

noun

  1. a loss or lack of credit or repute


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Word History and Origins

Origin of disrepute1

First recorded in 1645–55; dis- 1 + repute

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Example Sentences

“His behaviour as a parliamentary candidate has brought the party into disrepute,” he said.

People just will not understand if his government waves this through at a time one arm of the Murdoch Empire is in such disrepute.

The Bush administration will leave the annals of presidential disrepute several times thicker than it found them.

Oddly enough this assumption—the most warrantable of the lot—was the earliest to fall under disrepute.

Monomania as a defense for crime has brought expert evidence into great disrepute.

He kept to the same ignoble counsel that had so wrought disrepute for Mr. Croker.

Goodness is proper to the aged; it is their sole glory; why should this milky stripling bring it into disrepute?

Still the ill success of popular government in Germany brought the Parliament into lasting disrepute.

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