disreputable
/dɪsˈɹɛpjʊtəbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable.
Example Sentences
- "They publish a bi-monthly newsletter, The Pen and Quill, which provides needed addresses, facisimiles of autographs, interesting articles, promotes philographic conventions and exposes disreputable dealers and forgers."
- "“I can tell you where to find them,’ she said, ‘with a fair degree of certainty; they foregather almost every evening about this time at a rather disreputable old pub.’"
- "Antimiscegenation laws were directed primarily at people of color and at low-status, disreputable whites, the poor white trash who refused to uphold the color line."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English repute Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reputable English disreputable From dis- + reputable.