disreputable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISREPUTABLE, adjective [dis and reputable.] 1. Not reputable; not in esteem; not honorable; low; mean; as disreputable company. 2. Dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to impair the good name, and bring into disesteem. It is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd and the profane.
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