Definition of Disreputable

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Disreputable

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.

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Disreputable Quotations

Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.
John Updike

Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.
Jonathan Lethem

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.
James K. Polk

Disreputable Translations

disreputable in German is verrufen
disreputable in Norwegian is beryktet
disreputable in Spanish is desacreditado, desopinado
disreputable in Swedish is illa beryktad, vanhedrande

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