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a disreputable Internet retailer that had a record of hundreds of complaints for shoddy merchandise and slow refunds
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Somewhere along the way, this gruesome celluloid artifact was elevated from being the sick and disreputable product of a gutter genre to being a high-art masterpiece (Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott all owned 35mm prints of the film).
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Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Until recently, most Israeli Jews viewed such bigoted positions as disreputable.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
In the United States, low-quality batteries made by disreputable manufacturers and installed in low-cost devices—such as vape pens or e-bikes—pose a much greater risk than anything else.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
Upon approval, my land lease community refused to cooperate, citing the disreputable program.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
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Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Until recently, most Israeli Jews viewed such bigoted positions as disreputable.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
In the United States, low-quality batteries made by disreputable manufacturers and installed in low-cost devices—such as vape pens or e-bikes—pose a much greater risk than anything else.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
Upon approval, my land lease community refused to cooperate, citing the disreputable program.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for disreputable
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“Disreputable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disreputable. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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disreputable
adjective
dis·rep·u·ta·ble
(ˈ)dis-ˈrep-yət-ə-bəl 
: not respectable : having a bad reputation
disreputableness
noun
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