单词 | uncreditable |
释义 | uncreditableadj. Discreditable; disreputable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [adjective] undignec1315 unhonestc1450 reproachable1477 unhonourable1540 discredible1575 discreditable1577 defacing1583 reprobate1589 reproachful1591 scandalous1592 uncreditable1649 notorious1666 unworthy1693 discrediting1699 increditable1703 disreputable1773 compromising1883 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations vii. 160 He..that abstains onely from uncreditable or unfashionable, from branded or disused sins. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 342 A brawl, in which both parties use a hundred impertinent and uncreditable expressions. 1725 J. Collier Several Disc. 2 The Design..being to make all Injustice and Encroachment an uncreditable, as well as an unprofitable Practice. 1782 W. Paley Serm. 21 Sept. The vocation in time comes to be thought mean and uncreditable. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 427 No need has he of any such uncreditable and hazardous practice. 1866 Illustr. London News 1 Dec. 526 The credit which Mr...has received..is very uncreditable to the English nation. Derivatives unˈcreditableness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > quality of being discreditable reproachfulness1548 uncreditableness1667 discreditability1847 disreputability1854 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xix. 419 To all other disswasives we may add this of the Uncreditableness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1649 |
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