disreputableness

Definition of disreputablenessnext
See the Dictionary Definition 

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disreputableness
Noun
  • One man’s modernity is, of course, another’s degradation, and, as dinner was served, the conversation turned to such recent innovations as ghost runners, pitch clocks, and robot umps, none of them to Murray’s liking.
    Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Critical rehabilitation work has begun on about 1 ½ miles of sanitary sewer pipe in Macomb County, Michigan, after utility crews found severe degradation in the line.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • But, in an interview given in October, 2001, Navarro attempted to fill, with what sounds like shamelessness, the gap between himself and his alter ego.
    Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Humor savors an infirmity — a foible, a failing, a venality, a flaw.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dollar debasement Emmanuel Cau, head of European equity strategy at Barclays, expects the euro to extend recent gains against the dollar.
    Michael Considine, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Bakri’s face is impassive and exhausted during this casual debasement, his voice low, and his tone deadpan, as though Salim has been forced to do all this a million times before.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Such profligacy slows real income growth, deters hiring, discourages innovation and drives up interest rates.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Such profligacy slows real income growth, deters hiring, discourages innovation and drives up interest rates.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • To measure overall turbulence, Turbli used a metric called the eddy dissipation rate, or EDR, to assign turbulence level scores.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
  • Brembo says the discs have been designed for rapid heat dissipation, while the mineral oil's viscosity remains stable across a wide range of temperatures.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Some lambasted the degeneracy of the modern language.
    Big Think, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
  • By some accounts, England began an irreversible slide into degeneracy as soon as the paperback went on sale.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The film feels fresh and off-the-cuff, as if someone traveled back to 1940 with an iPhone and hit record, chronicling the dark years of far-right obedience and moral decadence.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
  • In contrast to contemporaries like Mette Ingvartsen, Anne Imhof, or Miet Warlop, Holzinger consistently references artistic subjects and themes connected to fin de siècle decadence.
    Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Disreputableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disreputableness. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster