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How to use disreputable in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective, noun

Disreputable means not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable. Example: “The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.”

Examples of disreputable by meaning

adjectiveNot 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.1986, Charles S. Slaybaugh, Grandparent's Catalog: An Idea Book for Family Sharing, page 88
  • “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.’1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 725
  • 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.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 82

More sentences with disreputable

  • The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.From the entry blacklist
  • He comes from a disreputable legal firm.From the entry come
  • And there is nothing either disreputable or degrading about the role.2006, Richard Calland, Anatomy of South Africa: Who Holds the Power?, Cape Town: Zebra Press, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry handlanger
  • A shyster is a disreputable lawyer.1981, Blake Edwards, S.O.B. (motion picture), spoken by Dr. Irving Finegarten (Robert Preston). From the entry shyster
  • He was a loutish fellow, much bent in the shoulders, with leggings, which lacked most of the buttons, over his disreputable breeks.1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton…. From the entry breeks
  • Investigation subsequently showed that one of her employés had been bribed to obtain Somnos from a druggist who should be designated as disreputable.1907, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, page 2197. From the entry employé
  • In fact, he walked out of Cambridge but would probably have been sent down had he continued his rowdy carrying on with such disreputable young men as Malcolm Lowry.1998,The Most Offending Soul Alive: Tom Harrisson and His Remarkable Life, by Judith M. Heimann, page 3. From the entry carrying-on
  • He is especially appreciated by the hostess of this disreputable tavern, whom he calls, in lines of heroic verse, his “sweet . . . tristeful queen.”1971, James K. Lowers, King Henry IV, Part 1: Notes, Lincoln, Neb.: Cliffs Notes, Inc., published 1999, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry tristeful

Meaning of disreputable

  1. adjective Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable.
  2. noun A person who is not reputable.

Full definition of disreputable

Questions about disreputable in a sentence

How do you use disreputable in a sentence?
Disreputable is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.”
What is a short sentence with disreputable?
“A shyster is a disreputable lawyer.”
What does disreputable mean?
Disreputable means not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable.

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