disrepute

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/dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/(UK)

Definition of disrepute

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable)Loss or want of reputation; ill character.

“Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.”
“The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.”

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noun

(uncountable)Loss or want of reputation; ill character.

“Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.”
“The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.”

verb

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From dis- + repute.

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