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Meanings of disreputability in English

Dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation.

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Examples for "disreputableness"
Examples for "disreputableness"
1
Is the daughter of a courtesy Baron who died-ofgeneral disreputableness, I believe-beforehis father-?
Tono-Bungay
2
Now her disreputableness contrasted strongly with his correct black coat and general air of civilized well-being.
Gone to Earth
3
His face was white and puffy, and about him there hung like a nimbus a sodden disreputableness.
The Adventures of Sally
Usage of disreputability in English
1
Yet a faint air of disreputability always clung to him.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
2
Behind her was standing a painted woman of notorious disreputability.
The Magician
3
Dr. X was the ideal man for this job because of his very disreputability.
The Diamond Age
4
A bar took up the side of the room next the entrance, and a general air of disreputability filled the place.
Blindfolded
5
The somewhat grizzled hair on his thin chest and the sparse one-day growth on his chin lent him an entirely fallacious appearance of disreputability.
Second Foundation
Disreputability through the time