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DISREPUTABILITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disreputability mean?
• DISREPUTABILITY (noun)
The noun DISREPUTABILITY has 1 sense:
1. dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation
Familiarity information: DISREPUTABILITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
disreputability; disreputableness; unrespectability
Hypernyms ("disreputability" is a kind of...):
dishonorableness; dishonourableness (the quality of not deserving honor or respect)
Antonym:
reputability (honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation)
Derivation:
disreputable (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance)
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