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Disreputability

Disreputability \Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. The state of being disreputable. [R.]

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disreputability

n. The state of being disreputable.

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disreputability

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 comĀ­pleted 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.