Disreputable
adjective
Not respectable or trusted by most people.
The old building in the neighborhood is a disreputable bar known for its suspicious characters.
Often appears as...
- disreputable character
- disreputable history
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Disapproving
adjective
Not following the usual rules or standards of society.
His disreputable behavior at the meeting caused a stir among the attendees.
Often appears as...
- disreputable behavior
- disreputable lifestyle
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Disapproving
adjective
Not respectable or trusted by most people.
The old building in the neighborhood is a disreputable bar known for its suspicious characters.
Often appears as...
- disreputable character
- disreputable history
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not following the usual rules or standards of society.
His disreputable behavior at the meeting caused a stir among the attendees.
Often appears as...
- disreputable behavior
- disreputable lifestyle
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Trust Level
Indicates a lack of trust people have in someone or something, suggesting potential risk or harm.
They shut down the disreputable investment firm after numerous complaints.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Opinion
Often used when many people view a person or place negatively because of past actions or associations.
The politician's alliance with disreputable lobbyists harmed his campaign.
Pro Tip 3/3Notoriety
Sometimes used to describe someone famous for a negative reason, making them well-known in a bad way.
The disreputable actor was more known for his scandals than his films.
Pro Tip 1/3Trust Level
Indicates a lack of trust people have in someone or something, suggesting potential risk or harm.
They shut down the disreputable investment firm after numerous complaints.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Opinion
Often used when many people view a person or place negatively because of past actions or associations.
The politician's alliance with disreputable lobbyists harmed his campaign.
Pro Tip 3/3Notoriety
Sometimes used to describe someone famous for a negative reason, making them well-known in a bad way.
The disreputable actor was more known for his scandals than his films.
Pro Tip 1/3Trust Level
Indicates a lack of trust people have in someone or something, suggesting potential risk or harm.
They shut down the disreputable investment firm after numerous complaints.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Opinion
Often used when many people view a person or place negatively because of past actions or associations.
The politician's alliance with disreputable lobbyists harmed his campaign.
Pro Tip 3/3Notoriety
Sometimes used to describe someone famous for a negative reason, making them well-known in a bad way.
The disreputable actor was more known for his scandals than his films.
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
With roots that predate the popularity of the lustral gemstone, jade was used to refer to either a disreputable woman or a broken-down horse. Thus, the word jaded, meaning worn out or lacking enthusiasm,
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James Robertson: The...
National Cemetery is the nation's largest shrine to fallen heroes its breathtaking Beauty overshadows its disreputable beginnings George Washington Custis the stepson and namesake of our first president
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
With roots that predate the popularity of the lustral gemstone, jade was used to refer to either a disreputable woman or a broken-down horse. Thus, the word jaded, meaning worn out or lacking enthusiasm,
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James Robertson: The...
National Cemetery is the nation's largest shrine to fallen heroes its breathtaking Beauty overshadows its disreputable beginnings George Washington Custis the stepson and namesake of our first president
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
Conceived as a short-term remedy to the occasional ailment of acute labour shortages in key industries, the indentured-labour service had to be dismantled by the Conservatives owing to its inevitably scandalous abuse by disreputable employers. By 2012, there were 338,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada.
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Chris March
American Designer
You know how Bette Midler always says her obituary will read, 'Bette Midler dies. Started her career at the Continental Baths?' Mine will say 'Chris March died. He was on Season 4 of 'Project Runway.'' It's an amazing show, it did a lot for me, and I'm fine with it. Unless it becomes terribly disreputable.
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Jacob Weisberg
American Journalist
Nearly everyone who chooses to work for Donald Trump is disreputable in one way or another; Ali Baba didn't find 40 wise men in the cave. But to label everyone in Trumpworld a grifter misses important subtleties. It conflates grifters and grafters, and it ignores the crucial distinction between the two.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
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James K. Polk
American President
The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.
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Michael Portillo
British Journalist
There's much about the British Raj which I think is disreputable. It was rapacious; it was a sort of kleptocracy, and it was also racist. Indians were not treated as equals.
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Jonathan Lethem
American Writer
Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.
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John Updike
American Novelist
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
Conceived as a short-term remedy to the occasional ailment of acute labour shortages in key industries, the indentured-labour service had to be dismantled by the Conservatives owing to its inevitably scandalous abuse by disreputable employers. By 2012, there were 338,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada.
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Chris March
American Designer
You know how Bette Midler always says her obituary will read, 'Bette Midler dies. Started her career at the Continental Baths?' Mine will say 'Chris March died. He was on Season 4 of 'Project Runway.'' It's an amazing show, it did a lot for me, and I'm fine with it. Unless it becomes terribly disreputable.
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Jacob Weisberg
American Journalist
Nearly everyone who chooses to work for Donald Trump is disreputable in one way or another; Ali Baba didn't find 40 wise men in the cave. But to label everyone in Trumpworld a grifter misses important subtleties. It conflates grifters and grafters, and it ignores the crucial distinction between the two.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
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James K. Polk
American President
The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.
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Michael Portillo
British Journalist
There's much about the British Raj which I think is disreputable. It was rapacious; it was a sort of kleptocracy, and it was also racist. Indians were not treated as equals.
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Jonathan Lethem
American Writer
Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.
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John Updike
American Novelist
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.
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