disreputable
- adjective
- /dɪsˈrɛpjʊtəbl/
- He lost his job due to his disreputable behavior at work.
- somewhat disreputable
He's bringing up a lot of ways to sort of hedge this thing about the disreputable pleasures.
- He's bringing up a lot of ways to sort of hedge this thing about the disreputable pleasures.
- And so he says, for this reason despise those who say such base and disreputable things and beg bread as well as pills.
Examples
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He's working now as a waiter in a disreputable restaurant.
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Oh, please tell me there's something disreputable in your past.
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I'm just going to go to France and look for disreputable people.
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The means they employ are as disreputable as the aim sought.
Academic text (1992) -
Perhaps Sarah takes the apartment at this rude and disreputable end of the city as an act of curiosity.
Fiction book (1990) -
I don't think anybody would pay much attention to a disreputable character like you.
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Should a woman consider abandoning the practice, she must be aware that she could appear disreputable in the public eye.
Academic text (2007) -
I consider, sir, that you've obtained that book... under very suspicious and disreputable circumstances.
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The workshop was a disreputable-looking structure of plain wood walls and a roof of corrugated steel.
Fiction book (1991) -
The editor of the Monitor bitterly protested that disreputable saloons created problems for neighboring black residents.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
Very bad in a way that makes people feel strong dislike and disgust
Morally wrong and deserving strong criticism
Very bad or shocking behaviour that makes people lose respect
Causing shock or strong disapproval by offending people's ideas of right and wrong
Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
Not honest or fair and causing shame
Deserves strong blame or dislike
Very bad and makes people feel angry or disgusted
Very unpleasant and causing people to feel strong dislike or hate
A person thought to act in very bad, cruel ways
Likely to harm someone's reputation by showing shameful behaviour
Deserving strong criticism for being wrong
Many people know and fear someone for cruel actions
No longer trusted or respected because people found problems with it
People know a place or person for bad actions
Not liked or trusted by other people after doing something wrong
Most people see it as bad or shameful
An action that is not honest or fair and not respected by others
Deserving blame for doing something wrong
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Etymology
Disreputable comes from the parts dis- meaning 'not' and repute meaning 'reputation' or 'good name'. So, to call someone disreputable is to say they do not have a good reputation and are not trusted or respected.