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disreputable

adj
/dɪsˈɹɛpjʊtəbəl/

Etymology

From dis- + reputable.

  1. derived from reputō — “to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”
  2. derived from reputer
  3. suffixed as reputable — “repute + able”
  4. prefixed as disreputable — “dis + reputable”

Definitions

  1. Not respectable, lacking repute

    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.

  2. A person who is not reputable.

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Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA