What does disreputable mean?
Disreputable means Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable..
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/dɪsˈɹɛpjʊtəbəl/ · adjective
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.
Use disreputable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Disreputable means Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable..
Common synonyms include ill-famed, infamous, nithing, disreputable.
Possible antonyms include reputable.
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.
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