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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disreputable \Dis*rep"u*ta*ble\, adjective Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.
Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself? --Bp. Watson.
Syn: Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disreputable
adjective: lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance [ant: {reputable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "disreputable": abject, bad, base, bedraggled, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, contemptuous, decrepit, derogatory, despicable, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disordered, down-at-heel, dubious, faded, heinous, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, iniquitous, low, mean, messy, notorious, opprobrious, pitiable, questionable, raddled, reprehensible, run-down, scandalous, scruffy, scurvy, seamy, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, sordid, sorry, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, unpraiseworthy, unrespectable, unsavory, untidy, untrustworthy, vicious, vile, wicked
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