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Definition of Disreputability
1. Noun. Dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation.
Generic synonyms: Dishonorableness, Dishonourableness
Derivative terms: Disreputable, Disreputable, Unrespectable
Antonyms: Reputability, Respectability
Definition of Disreputability
1. n. The state of being disreputable.
Definition of Disreputability
1. Noun. The state of being disreputable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disreputability
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Disreputability
Literary usage of Disreputability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals by Philadelphia County Dental Society (1893)
"... including Dr. GW Klump, of Williamsport, and Dr. JC Green, of West Chester,
to establish the disreputability of the Buchanan College ; said physicians ..."
2. Mark Twain: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"From every point it is a masterpiece, this picture of boy life in a little lazy,
drowsy town, with all the irresponsibility and general disreputability of ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1874)
"... of repudiated disreputability, to any selfish betrayal of the cause of universal
social emancipation from the personal proprieties. ..."
4. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"His notorious disreputability ensured the continuance of the schism, since the
best supporters of Gregory and Benedict refused to recognise such a ..."
5. Enjoyment of Poetry by Max Eastman (1921)
"A noble flavor of disreputability clings about the greatest of them, - Nor does
comedy err in presenting their type as clad in a rolling collar, ..."
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