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DISREPUTABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
Classified under:
Similar:
discreditable (tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy)
damaged; discredited (being unjustly brought into disrepute)
ill-famed; infamous; notorious (known widely and usually unfavorably)
louche (disreputable and dissolute, somewhat agreeably)
seamy; seedy; sleazy; sordid; squalid (morally degraded)
Also:
dishonorable; dishonourable (lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor)
unrespectable (unworthy of respect)
Attribute:
reputation; repute (the state of being held in high esteem and honor)
Antonym:
reputable (having a good reputation)
Derivation:
disreputability; disreputableness (dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation)
