disrepute

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ repute

Pronunciation

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

Noun

disrepute (uncountable)

1. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     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.

   • Sir Walter Scott

     At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute.

Verb

disrepute (third-person singular simple present disreputes, present participle disreputing, simple past and past participle disreputed)

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

Anagrams

• superdiet