disreputableness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disreputableness
Noun
  • What bothers me is the foot-dragging, the spinning in circles, the slow degradation of these characters into annoying stereotypes.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Over time, this can increase electrical resistance, generate excess heat, and accelerate battery degradation.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • The lucrative example paved the way for more than two decades of musical theater shamelessness.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • The world has gotten a glimpse of the fawning, skeezy shamelessness of his famous hangers-on, but not enough to criminally implicate them.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.
    Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Advertisement This is not the first time that Milei, who rose to power in part with attacks on the venality of Argentina’s elite, has been tarred with corruption accusations.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As InvestorPlace noted in February 2026, the theory behind Bitcoin as a safe haven was never wrong on its own terms — currency debasement, de-dollarization, and geopolitical conflict are exactly the conditions the asset was designed to benefit from.
    Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Bitcoin offers growth potential tied to adoption Like gold, Bitcoin is often viewed as a hedge against currency debasement because its supply is limited.
    Sharon Wu, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Control was wrested back towards the end of the period, a sign of better things to come, even if that profligacy that has dogged them so much reared once again in stoppage time at the end of the half.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Such profligacy slows real income growth, deters hiring, discourages innovation and drives up interest rates.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Allowing airflow to pass through the structure increases heat dissipation by 91% and lowers surface temperatures by 10%, so performance isn't compromised.
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • These cooling elements provide an additional heat dissipation pathway from the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) package.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The team found that a near-infrared resolving power of at least 40 is the minimum needed to break that degeneracy.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 10 June 2026
  • Some lambasted the degeneracy of the modern language.
    Big Think, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Just like buttermilk in biscuits, cottage cheese can lend some extra tang and decadence to many comfort foods like lasagnas and casseroles.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
  • Arguably the defining crime film of a decade brimming with decadence, Scarface is excessive in every way, which only enhances its appeal.
    Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
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“Disreputableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disreputableness. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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