disreputable

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/dɪsˈɹɛpjʊtəbəl/

Definition of disreputable

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable.

“They publish a bi-monthly newsletter, The Pen and Quill, which provides needed addresses, facisimiles of autographs, interesting articles, promotes philographic conventions and exposes disreputable dealers and forgers.”
““I can tell you where to find them,’ she said, ‘with a fair degree of certainty; they foregather almost every evening about this time at a rather disreputable old pub.’”
“Antimiscegenation laws were directed primarily at people of color and at low-status, disreputable whites, the poor white trash who refused to uphold the color line.”

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adj

Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable.

“They publish a bi-monthly newsletter, The Pen and Quill, which provides needed addresses, facisimiles of autographs, interesting articles, promotes philographic conventions and exposes disreputable dealers and forgers.”
““I can tell you where to find them,’ she said, ‘with a fair degree of certainty; they foregather almost every evening about this time at a rather disreputable old pub.’”
“Antimiscegenation laws were directed primarily at people of color and at low-status, disreputable whites, the poor white trash who refused to uphold the color line.”

noun

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From dis- + reputable.

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