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disreputable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·rep·u·ta·ble /dɪsˈrepjətəbəl/ adjective  DISHONESTconsidered to be dishonest, bad, illegal etc 名声不好的,不名誉的,不光彩的 OPP reputable disreputable behavior 不名誉的行为 a disreputable neighbourhood 名声不好的街区
Examples from the Corpus
disreputableThey made an odd pair, she bony and remote, he heavy, grubby and vaguely disreputable.He had been a leather merchant and a tanner, and had been involved in some disreputable affair.Strolling back to the station I saw a man and woman leaving a disreputable hotel.He also had an inclination to attach himself, whether as ally or enemy, to dangerous and disreputable people.Maybe they too are rational rather than irrational, morally disreputable rather than organically abnormal, overwhelmed by adversity rather than by wickedness.Jack usually got his information from fairly disreputable sources.
etc considered bad, be Corpus to illegal dishonest,


disreputable
disreputable /dɪsˈrepjətəbəl, dɪsˈrepjʊtəbəl/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: reputation, repute, disrepute; adjective: reputabledisreputable, reputed; adverb: reputedly
considered to be dishonest, bad, illegal etc
   OPP  reputable:
    disreputable behavior
    a disreputable neighbourhood


dis·rep·ut·ableBrE /dɪsˈrepjətəbl/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈrepjətəbl/ 🔊 adjectivethat people consider to be dishonest and bad 名声不好的;不名誉的;不光彩的She spent the evening with her disreputable brother Stefan. 她同声名狼藉的弟弟斯蒂芬一起度过了这个晚上。🔊🔊a disreputable area of the city城里名声不好的地方 OPP respectable   compare reputable