UNRESPECTABLE Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

unrespectable

adjective

ˌən-ri-ˈspek-tə-bəl

Definition of unrespectable

as in notorious

not respectable in the minds of her straitlaced parents, acting was still an unrespectable profession

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Recent Examples of unrespectable As time goes on, it becomes dominated by more unrespectable things. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2021

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Adjective

Local media reported that the executions took place in the notorious Qarnada military prison in the northeastern town of Shahat, and that their families were notified to receive their bodies from a hospital in the city of Benghazi.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
In a country where men dominate positions of power in business and government, boozy business dinners are notorious for putting female employees in risky positions.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of notorious

Adjective

Your guide will teach you about the origins of Prohibition and tell stories of infamous bootleggers.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Since that infamous year, homicide deaths, for the most part, have slowly decreased, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER data.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of infamous

Adjective

While this feature never got implemented, a Phia spokesperson told Bloomberg, Kianni was in support of the cookie stuffing practices, and encouraged team members to implement shady practices.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Santa Margarita River Trail Looking for a shady spring or summertime hike?

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of shady

Adjective

Erdogan has called Netanyahu a war criminal and repeatedly accused Israel of atrocities in Gaza; Netanyahu has accused Erdogan of supporting Hamas.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
That’s a question usually put to criminal defendants and key players in a scandal, not the District Attorney’s office itself.

— Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of criminal

Adjective

In their place are flawed geniuses and idiosyncratic personalities thrust together in the dregs of intelligence services, operating like a dysfunctional family under its disreputable patriarch.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
Both of them have erotic fixations with that original Miasma, which requires stepping back into the movie — and the glories of the disreputable genre itself.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of disreputable

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