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Meanings of
disreputable
in English
Portuguese
mal afamado
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Lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance.
reputable
Related terms
damaged
notorious
infamous
shady
sordid
squalid
discredited
seedy
dishonorable
dishonourable
Portuguese
mal afamado
Usage of
disreputable
in English
1
As far as Silk knew he'd never seen the
disreputable
fellow before.
2
The entire concept, for that matter, is pretty
disreputable
at the moment.
3
What future would there be, except as a
disreputable
offshore tax haven?
4
As they go back, the pastor offers him a
disreputable
easy chair.
5
They frequent the gambling-tables, and live with the most
disreputable
French Viscounts.
6
Together we have been into the most
disreputable
parts of the city.
7
Her clothes are torn, and she is found rioting in
disreputable
company.
8
The date of this transaction is
disreputable
to the people of Salem.
9
With a contemptuous glance at the
disreputable
-
looking
young trooper, the man answered:
10
Mountjoy has become
disreputable
,
and had better be out of the way.
11
I stand well with the National Assembly, except a few
disreputable
Jacobins.
12
These are aggressive,
disreputable
-
looking
creatures which go about in disorderly, rowdy gangs.
13
Upon closer examination Kamir did not look so menacing or so
disreputable
.
14
But they were not
disreputable
,
they knew where to draw the line.
15
The
disreputable
,
swollen-faced lodger with a nose like a poisoned toadstool vanished.
16
Two battered and paintless motor-scows remained, and one or two
disreputable
rowboats.
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disreputable
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most disreputable
so disreputable
as disreputable
disreputable characters
disreputable appearance
More collocations
Translations for
disreputable
Portuguese
mal afamado
Disreputable
through the time
Disreputable
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common