Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disreputable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disreputable \Dis*rep"u*ta*ble\, a.
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) 1.7 (wn)

disreputable
adj : lacking respectability in character or behavior or
appearance [ant: {reputable}]


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