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UNRESPECTABILITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unrespectability mean?
• UNRESPECTABILITY (noun)
The noun UNRESPECTABILITY has 1 sense:
1. dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation
Familiarity information: UNRESPECTABILITY 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 ("unrespectability" is a kind of...):
dishonorableness; dishonourableness (the quality of not deserving honor or respect)
Antonym:
respectability (honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation)
Derivation:
unrespectable (unworthy of respect)
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