irreputable

English

Etymology

From ir- +‎ reputable.

Adjective

irreputable (comparative more irreputable, superlative most irreputable)

1. (obsolete) disreputable
   • 1912, September. "Assigning Your Salary", Wells Fargo Messenger, Volumes 1–2, Wells Fargo & Company, page 198:

     The man who buys on credit by assigning his salary is taking a very hazardous step. Irreputable instalment credit houses are continually laying their pitfalls in the path of the worker.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “irreputable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

See also

• irrefutable

Anagrams

• perituberal