disreputable
nounEtymology From dis- + reputable.
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A person who is not reputable.
disreputable
adj/dɪsˈɹɛpjʊtəbəl/
Etymology From dis- + reputable.
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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.1986, Charles S. Slaybaugh, Grandparent's Catalog: An Idea Book for Family Sharing, page 88:
- “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.’1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 725:
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- 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.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 82:
- Derived terms
- disreputableness, disreputably