disreputable
Example Sentences
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They couldn’t do that if they acknowledged the center for what it actually is—a competitor, and a particularly disreputable one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The committee found Cleverly had breached three areas of the council's code for members relating to equality, respect and consideration of others, and disreputable conduct.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Bad advice does not always equate to disreputable used-car salespeople.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
But as August fare goes, it’s a sticky, sweaty hoot, well cast and paced like a disreputable beach read, even if you might sporadically wish Werner Herzog had gotten first crack at this material.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025
There has been little written on the end of alchemy, yet an activity which was respectable in the eyes of Boyle and Newton had become entirely disreputable by the 1720s.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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