• Disrepute

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/
    • Rhymes: -uːt

    Origin

    - + repute

    Full definition of disrepute

    Noun

    disrepute

    (uncountable)
    1. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
      • Schuster Hepaticae V|viiHerbarium 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.
      • Sir Walter ScottAt the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute.

    Verb

    1. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.

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