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discreditable

adjective as in disreputable

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Example Sentences

And one of Heritage's messengers sure enough proved discreditable.

Politicians often have discreditable secrets, secrets that might upset their campaigns.

The ruse by which he and Lannes captured the bridge below Vienna was discreditable no doubt from the point of view of morality.

They are discreditable-looking places where there is no order, no cleanliness but utter confusion and horrible din and noise.

They loaned money to individuals, too, though at Rome money lending was discreditable.

He needed votes in parliament, and he obtained them, as the whig leaders had done, by discreditable means.

Wedderburn's speech and the spirit in which it was received were impolitic as well as discreditable.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to discreditable, such as: appalling, blameworthy, disgraceful, dishonorable, ignominious, and shameful.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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