unrespectable
- adjective
- /ˌʌnrɪˈspɛktəbl/
- Offensive
:
despreciable
- FTZ workers who are already being constructed as unrespectable women for living alone in an urban, stigmatized area express new sexualities and sexual subjectivities through reading and analyzing "deviant sexual activities" published in Priyadari and sometimes contributing their own stories to the magazine.
Examples
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The First Amendment doesn't permit the government to discriminate between respectable and unrespectable religions.
Blog text (16) -
These actions over the years have forced me to see him as unrespectable, even with those first three badass CC albums under his belt.
Blog text (10) -
Now, if you try to separate the respectable troublemakers... from the unrespectable ones, you'll just drive yourself crazy.
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And they would think this was a suitably, fittingly unrespectable demise of an abhorrent idea.
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Thus, the picture built up by Milic, Potter, and others suggests that non-CARL critics belong to unrespectable, even seamy, strata of society.
Academic text (1995) -
It is possible that Collins was mythologizing his first sight of Graves in order to sugarcoat the wholly unrespectable fact that he kept two mistresses and two ménages.
Academic text (2010) -
Many people consider the politician's scandalous behavior as unrespectable and unworthy of public admiration.
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Her choice to lie about her qualifications left others viewing her as unrespectable in the professional community.
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The unrespectable comments made by the celebrity caused significant backlash from the public.
Synonyms
23
6.0
Not honest or fair and causing shame
20
5.4
Deserves strong blame or dislike
15
7.4
Very bad and makes people feel angry or disgusted
11
4.7
Appearing or behaving in a way that makes people lose respect
9
7.1
Not trusted or respected because of bad behavior
4
9.5
Very bad and unpleasant, causing strong dislike
1
7.0
Rude or unfair behavior that shows little respect for others
1
7.6
Likely to harm someone's reputation by showing shameful behaviour
1
8.6
Not polite or kind to someone in a social situation
An action that is not honest or fair and not respected by others
Deserving blame for doing something wrong
Antonyms
How Respectable
- US
253
3.7
114
3.0
176
3.9
- Offensive
9
7.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrespectable = respectable (transparent) = un + respect + able
The adjective is formed by productive negation 'un-' attached to 'respectable', so its meaning is directly deducible by learners who know 'respectable' and the prefix 'un-'.
Etymology
Unrespectable is made of un- 'not' and respectable, which comes from respect 'to admire' plus -able 'able to be'. So, unrespectable means 'not deserving respect' or 'not admired', which is why people may avoid or dislike someone described this way.