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Disreputable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISREPUTABLE, a. [dis and reputable.]
1. Not reputable; not in esteem; not honorable; low; mean; as disreputable company.
2. Dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to impair the good name, and bring into disesteem. It is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd and the profane.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance [ant: reputable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1726 not reputable • disreputability noun • disreputableness noun • disreputably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of bad reputation; discreditable. 2 not respectable in appearance; dirty, untidy. Derivatives: disreputableness n. disreputably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disreputable Dis*rep"u*ta*ble, a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself? --Bp. Watson. Syn: Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone or something is disreputable, you are critical of them because they are not respectable or cannot be trusted. ...the noisiest and most disreputable bars. ADJ [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Discreditable, dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, infamous, opprobrious, derogatory. 2. Of bad reputation (deservedly), low, mean, vulgar, base, of bad character.

Moby Thesaurus

abject, bad, base, bedraggled, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, contemptuous, decrepit, derogatory, despicable, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disordered, down-at-heel, dubious, faded, heinous, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, iniquitous, low, mean, messy, notorious, opprobrious, pitiable, questionable, raddled, reprehensible, run-down, scandalous, scruffy, scurvy, seamy, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, sordid, sorry, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, unpraiseworthy, unrespectable, unsavory, untidy, untrustworthy, vicious, vile, wicked