as in notorious
not respectable
a disreputable Internet retailer that had a record of hundreds of complaints for shoddy merchandise and slow refunds
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Recent Examples of disreputable
Bracey will play Inspector Henry Boxer, the new authority in town with eyes for a lady, Sims will be Uncle Dickie, the Governor’s charming and disreputable older brother, with Burgess to play his handsome aide Phineas Golden.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Until recently, most Israeli Jews viewed such bigoted positions as disreputable.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
Charlatans, opportunists and disreputable contractors looking to exploit the victims of the storm.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
The problem there seemed to be that the AI search tool was sourcing its answers from disreputable clinics that were offering unproven treatments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Until recently, most Israeli Jews viewed such bigoted positions as disreputable.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
Charlatans, opportunists and disreputable contractors looking to exploit the victims of the storm.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
The problem there seemed to be that the AI search tool was sourcing its answers from disreputable clinics that were offering unproven treatments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disreputable
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In July 2022, more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in an explosion at the notorious camp at Olenivka, adding a desperate sense of urgency to the Ukrainian efforts to bring the rest of them home.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
16 May 2025
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The Lorraine Motel, before and after The 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made the Lorraine Motel in Memphis globally notorious.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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The most infamous was the CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit in the Rampart Division, assigned to the neighborhoods west of downtown L.A.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2025
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Notable moments included a stage lift replacing the infamous stairs and a robotic arm missing Beyoncé's whiskey glass.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Gates has three ecosystems on her quarter-acre: a sunny front yard, a shady back plot and a small wetland garden on one side.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The fear this instills in I-Jing — already ignored by her busy mother, nor attended to by her mercurial older sister, I-Ann, who holds a grudge against her mother and rebels by working at a shady betel nut stand — sets off a secrets-unearthing chain of events.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
14 May 2025
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Ottawa County prosecutors are considering pursuing criminal charges against the shooter, a 20-year-old, Sparks told the outlets.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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MacLean’s criminal history is lengthy and spans multiple states.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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Altering Medicaid in any way that decreases services, decreases funding to the states, or builds roadblocks to care is immoral and against Christian values.—
Dr. James W. Cox-Chapman,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2025
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Under him, juvenile justice is unjust, and the department has been spending in ways that are immoral and not proper accounting or spending of taxes.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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“Disreputable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disreputable. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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