as in notorious
not respectable
in the minds of her straitlaced parents, acting was still an unrespectable profession
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Recent Examples of unrespectable
Laura Marsh: Dahl himself had a lot of fun with Mr. Fox, the unrespectable and unrepentant thief.
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The Politics Of Everything,
The New Republic,
15 Mar. 2023
As time goes on, it becomes dominated by more unrespectable things.
—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2021
But for a kid in Kentucky, Stonewall—even as recounted by White and others who were there—represented, at best, a kind of aspirational gay life, a bevy of uppity queers fighting for their decidedly unrespectable libidinal community.
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Michelle Tea,
Harper's magazine,
22 June 2019
The Politics Of Everything,
The New Republic,
15 Mar. 2023
As time goes on, it becomes dominated by more unrespectable things.
—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2021
But for a kid in Kentucky, Stonewall—even as recounted by White and others who were there—represented, at best, a kind of aspirational gay life, a bevy of uppity queers fighting for their decidedly unrespectable libidinal community.
—
Michelle Tea,
Harper's magazine,
22 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrespectable
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During an April 2024 interview with The Sun, John revealed that he was diagnosed with toxic peripheral polyneuropathy, a condition linked to his time at Camp Lejeune, a notorious military base in North Carolina, where the water was severely contaminated in the 1980s.
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Morey was fired in May after Philadelphia failed to get past the second round of the playoffs, extending the franchise's notorious Eastern Conference Finals drought.
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On one infamous night in October 2023, nearly 1,000 birds died after flying into the clear glass walls of McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center.
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In the 1980s, the Friends of the LA River pushed to address street runoff and trash that had made the water body infamous.
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Court records show that 60-year-old Bradley Kyle Martin, of Dearborn Heights, is charged with using a computer or internet to communicate with another person to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.
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These monsters—its antitheses—constitute that part of our nature that urges us to be sensible and strong, and that inclines us to see the life drive as trivial, weak, sentimental and immoral.
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The Italian-style grotto is a shady spot to visit on sunny days, with trees sheltering the pool and fountain.
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This woodland native grows in USDA Zones 6-9 and is best suited to shadier areas of the landscape.
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Guo was convicted of nine of 12 criminal charges during a seven-week trial that prosecutors said showcased his deception of thousands of investors in bogus deals that enabled Guo’s lavish lifestyle.
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In May 2025, a Placer County criminal grand jury indicted both men.
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After the laughter ringing through the room subsides, though, Abela does allow for a moment of reverence — for the HBO drama if not for the disreputable people who populate it.
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The cultural shift that turned horror cinema from a disreputable, rarely respected grind-house film genre into a billion-dollar-a-year mainstream business has done wonders for the genre’s overall quality.
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What is truly disgraceful is leveraging your skin color to remain employed while insisting that white privilege is responsible for your own shortcomings.
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Maradona was subject to disgraceful physical treatment and still won the match, well, single-handedly.
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“Unrespectable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrespectable. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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