unrespectable
adjective
un·re·spect·able
ˌən-ri-ˈspek-tə-bəl 
: not worthy of or inspiring respect : not respectable
… obviously was not the kind of woman who needed a room for unrespectable reasons.—
Doris Lessing
Doris LessingExamples of unrespectable in a Sentence
in the minds of her straitlaced parents, acting was still an unrespectable profession
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Laura Marsh: Dahl himself had a lot of fun with Mr. Fox, the unrespectable and unrepentant thief.
—The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2023
As time goes on, it becomes dominated by more unrespectable things.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2021
But for a kid in Kentucky, Stonewall—even as recounted by White and others who were there—represented, at best, a kind of aspirational gay life, a bevy of uppity queers fighting for their decidedly unrespectable libidinal community.
—Michelle Tea, Harper's magazine, 22 June 2019
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The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2023
As time goes on, it becomes dominated by more unrespectable things.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2021
But for a kid in Kentucky, Stonewall—even as recounted by White and others who were there—represented, at best, a kind of aspirational gay life, a bevy of uppity queers fighting for their decidedly unrespectable libidinal community.
—Michelle Tea, Harper's magazine, 22 June 2019
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“Unrespectable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrespectable. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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