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Dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation
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disreputability
Word definitions for disreputability in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disreputability \Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. The state of being disreputable. [R.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being disreputable.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation [syn: unrespectability , disreputableness ] [ant: respectability , respectability ]
Usage examples of disreputability.
A bar took up the side of the room next the entrance, and a general air of disreputability filled the place.
His hair had the faint acrid scent of stale smoke and tallow, and his coat had completed its descent into total disreputability, but he was warm and solid, and I wasn't disposed to be critical about the smell of the head I was cradling next my bosom.
To add to the general appearance of disreputability he favored a Van Dyke beard which he seldom remembered to trim.
In certain people, that means there's a lot of dammed-up disreputability just waiting to burst out.