disreputation

[ dis-rep-yuh-tey-shuhn ]

/ dɪsˌrɛp yəˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun Archaic.

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Origin of disreputation

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis-¹ + reputation

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How to use disreputation in a sentence

It is but the attempt of private gentlemen, the State suffers noe losse, noe disreputation.
Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688|Thomas J. Wertenbaker
Or rather, what disreputation is it to Horace that Juvenal excels in the tragical satire, as Horace does in the comical?
Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry|John Dryden
It is but the attempt of private gentlemen: the State suffers noe losse, noe disreputation.
The Birth of the Nation|Mrs. Roger A. Pryor
Without this, he will incur their contempt, and bring disreputation on the institution.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson

Does it not seem to you a plot well woven as well in Holland as at this court to remove me from my post with disreputation?
The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I.|John Lothrop Motley