as in notorious
not respectable
a disreputable Internet retailer that had a record of hundreds of complaints for shoddy merchandise and slow refunds
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Recent Examples of disreputable
Several of the participants are social media sensations or generally successful in different fields that the series treats as disreputable.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
To do so means cutting ties with the disreputable agencies that got them here, and Jonah won’t do it.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
At one point, Cicero asks how a disreputable woman like Clodia should be punished.
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Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Her pattern was disrupted by Balthazar Blades settling himself at one end of the bar, smiling with all his disreputable charm.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disreputable
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
To do so means cutting ties with the disreputable agencies that got them here, and Jonah won’t do it.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
At one point, Cicero asks how a disreputable woman like Clodia should be punished.
—
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Her pattern was disrupted by Balthazar Blades settling himself at one end of the bar, smiling with all his disreputable charm.
—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disreputable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disreputable
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During an April 2024 interview with The Sun, John revealed that he was diagnosed with toxic peripheral polyneuropathy, a condition linked to his time at Camp Lejeune, a notorious military base in North Carolina, where the water was severely contaminated in the 1980s.
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Morey was fired in May after Philadelphia failed to get past the second round of the playoffs, extending the franchise's notorious Eastern Conference Finals drought.
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The Balboa Peninsula, which Stapleton represents on the council, has historically been an infamous hot spot for public drinking, disruptive parties and brawls throughout the summer and especially during the Fourth of July.
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The infamous Cristiano Ronaldo bust leads the list of sports statutes that have received less-than-flattering reviews.
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The weather service also cautions the heat index is calculated for shady areas only.
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That makes these networks valuable for people trying to hide mass scraping, fake ad clicks, account attacks or other shady activity.
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Guo was convicted of nine of 12 criminal charges during a seven-week trial that prosecutors said showcased his deception of thousands of investors in bogus deals that enabled Guo’s lavish lifestyle.
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In May 2025, a Placer County criminal grand jury indicted both men.
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Court records show that 60-year-old Bradley Kyle Martin, of Dearborn Heights, is charged with using a computer or internet to communicate with another person to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.
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These monsters—its antitheses—constitute that part of our nature that urges us to be sensible and strong, and that inclines us to see the life drive as trivial, weak, sentimental and immoral.
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“Disreputable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disreputable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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