disreputableness

noun

as in disgracefulness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disreputableness
  1. degradation
  2. shamelessness
  3. venality
  4. debasement
  5. profligacy
  6. dissipation
  7. degeneracy
  8. decadence
Noun
  • Desertification is the severe degradation of fertile drylands into unproductive, desert-like terrain, stripping the soil of its vegetation, nutrients, and agricultural capability.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
  • That looks much closer to the conditions under of the hallucination and reasoning-degradation studies.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of degradation
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
Definition of shamelessness
Noun
  • The same amount of venality and virtue exists today as did back then, and so human nature just doesn’t change.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of venality
Noun
  • As a tail-risk hedge — specifically against financial system stress, currency debasement, and geopolitical crisis — gold's track record is stronger and more consistent.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 8 July 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
Definition of debasement
Noun
  • Davinson Sanchez — Colombia/Galatasaray (-5) Sanchez helped keep out a relatively limited Swiss attack to ensure that Colombia made it to penalties despite their profligacy in front of goal.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Such profligacy slows real income growth, deters hiring, discourages innovation and drives up interest rates.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of profligacy
Noun
  • Heat dissipation Shedding waste heat is a significant problem—and probably the biggest challenge in orbit.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
  • In addition to potentially offering low-cost, low-dissipation computing, thermodynamic computing might also offer insights into the way natural complex systems work.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026
Definition of dissipation
Noun
  • Speaking to the Freedom Fighters club in Arlington July 1, Hall said moral degeneracy, discipline issues and low literacy rates are products of removing the Bible from classrooms.
    — Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of degeneracy
Noun
  • The trailer suggests that she’s been swept up in Hollywood’s decadence, led astray following her breakthrough role.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026
  • The voluptuousness of the atmosphere evokes a mood of nineteenth-century literary decadence.
    — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2026
Definition of decadence
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