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
Several of the participants are social media sensations or generally successful in different fields that the series treats as disreputable.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
To do so means cutting ties with the disreputable agencies that got them here, and Jonah won’t do it.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
At one point, Cicero asks how a disreputable woman like Clodia should be punished.
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Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Her pattern was disrupted by Balthazar Blades settling himself at one end of the bar, smiling with all his disreputable charm.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disreputable
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
To do so means cutting ties with the disreputable agencies that got them here, and Jonah won’t do it.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
At one point, Cicero asks how a disreputable woman like Clodia should be punished.
—
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Her pattern was disrupted by Balthazar Blades settling himself at one end of the bar, smiling with all his disreputable charm.
—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disreputable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disreputable
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During an April 2024 interview with The Sun, John revealed that he was diagnosed with toxic peripheral polyneuropathy, a condition linked to his time at Camp Lejeune, a notorious military base in North Carolina, where the water was severely contaminated in the 1980s.
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Morey was fired in May after Philadelphia failed to get past the second round of the playoffs, extending the franchise's notorious Eastern Conference Finals drought.
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On one infamous night in October 2023, nearly 1,000 birds died after flying into the clear glass walls of McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center.
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In the 1980s, the Friends of the LA River pushed to address street runoff and trash that had made the water body infamous.
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The Italian-style grotto is a shady spot to visit on sunny days, with trees sheltering the pool and fountain.
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This woodland native grows in USDA Zones 6-9 and is best suited to shadier areas of the landscape.
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Hill later pleaded guilty to criminal charges connected to the case, though she has never been charged with jury tampering.
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But this safeguard falls short — especially given new civil and criminal penalties for election officials that are tucked into this bill.
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Court records show that 60-year-old Bradley Kyle Martin, of Dearborn Heights, is charged with using a computer or internet to communicate with another person to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.
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These monsters—its antitheses—constitute that part of our nature that urges us to be sensible and strong, and that inclines us to see the life drive as trivial, weak, sentimental and immoral.
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“Disreputable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disreputable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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