单词 | unreputable |
释义 | unreputableadj. = disreputable adj. Also: lacking a (good) reputation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute unhonesta1382 ill-famed1483 scoury?a1513 renownless1552 uncredited1586 bankrupt1601 discredited1605 disopinioned1622 creditless1660 unreputable1688 irreputable1709 low-lifed?1750 louche1819 characterless1825 disreputable1828 pikey1838 shady1862 lowlife1939 sleazoid1976 1688 W. Thomas Mammon of Unrighteousness 18 A lascivious Youngster slinking out of an unreputable House. 1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage vi. 240 The Athenians..thought a Comedy so unreputable a Performance, that [etc.]. 1703 J. Savage tr. Select Coll. Lett. Antients cxiii. 277 It is..unreputable to change ones Friends often. 1724 Briton No. 26 (1724) 115 Let Fools..of unreputable Praise be proud. 1817 Lett. from Scotl. xiv. 126 I remarked to him how unreputable it appeared to me the granting P. N.'s [= promissory notes] payable at their own shops, and at so long dates. 1896 Publishers' Weekly 22 Aug. 260/2 There will be to the end of time unreputable publishers..who will take mean advantages, and who will even produce false accounts. 1910 Breeder's Gaz. (Chicago) 12 Jan. 110/1 The same price paid for small ewes lacking in type from an unreputable flock would have purchased good ewes from an old flock. 1989 J. W. Anderson Corporate Social Responsibility ix. 174 It is not uncommon for some unreputable dealer to claim a reproduction item is the original item. 2005 Irish Times 15 June 18/5 This software is often installed automatically when a person..attempts to download from an unreputable website. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1688 |
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