disreputably

Example Sentences

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He said some towns and cities have codes of conduct that allow employees to be fired if they act disreputably, but Charlottesville does not.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

The youngest sister, Taeko, is modern, disreputably impatient for her turn to marry, and without any feeling for the Makioka past.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

"Audiences, when you have a protagonist that behaves this disreputably, you want to see them pay the price for that. "But what happened in reality?

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2014

As it is, those areas of the press that have behaved disreputably and despicably have been so shamed by the evidence given to the inquiry that such behaviour should not recur.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2013

Her hair was flying from its moorings; her face flamed; and her hat sat at a disreputably rakish angle.

From Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest by Potts, William Sherman