discredible

adj

Etymology

From dis- + credible.

  1. derived from crēdibilis
  2. derived from credible
  3. inherited from credible
  4. formed as discredible — “dis- + credible

Definitions

  1. discreditable

    discreditable; bringing discredit; shameful

    • Greater vigilance would certainly prevent these discredible descents. Occasionally however, his errors seem to be deliberate, and are owing not to want of care, but to perversion of taste […]
    • These people preferred not to think of themselves as addicted or alcoholic, not because they weren't dependent on these substances but rather because of their unwillingness to adopt a discredible image of themselves as permanently sick.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for discredible. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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