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disreputable Definition

dis·repu·table (dis repyo̵̅o̅ tə bəl)

adjective

  1. not reputable; having or causing a bad reputation; discreditable
  2. not fit to be seen; dirty, shabby, etc.

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disreputable Synonyms

disreputable

modif.

  1. In ill repute

    low, objectionable, discreditable, unsavory; see dishonest 2, offensive 2, shameful 1, 2.

  2. Suggestive of ill repute

    seedy, shabby, down at heel; see dirty 1, shabby 1.

disreputable Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • landlord: Registration will help local authorities to remove disreputable landlords from the market.
  • character: He was a most disreputable character, a disgrace to our family!
  • friend: Encouraged by his disreputable friend, Charles Augustus Howell, the painter had Lizzie's body exhumed to recover his poems.
  • practice: Gadbury's first step was to distance himself from the disreputable practices of the populist astrologers.
  • company: Many disreputable companies charge high monthly fees - which lead to even greater debt.
  • way: I think that is a disreputable way to undertake an election.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: Carlton's half of the story was that he did not accept Mark Twain's book because the author looked so disreputable.
  • intellectually: The result was to render such ideas academically and intellectually disreputable.
  • thoroughly: One can be jailed for bringing the president into disrepute in any way, even tho his behavior may be thoroughly disreputable.
  • somewhat: He then instructed the Sheikh's servant to bring in his own, somewhat disreputable, camel.
  • faintly: A stigma attaches itself still to bookmaking, and for many people bookmakers remain a faintly disreputable and slightly shady lot.
  • mildly: BATH FRINGE -- The posh Bath Festival's mildly disreputable younger sibling brings its own brand of mayhem to the Georgian city.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: Carlton's half of the story was that he did not accept Mark Twain's book because the author looked so disreputable.