disrespectable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of disrespectable
First recorded in 1805–15; dis- 1 + respectable
Example Sentences
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“This filthy country treated me in a very disrespectable way after rescuing 98 people. They dealt with me as a criminal and accused me of illegal migration.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2019
"This filthy country treated me in a very disrespectable way after rescuing 98 people. They dealt with me as a criminal and accused me of illegal migration."
From Fox News • Mar. 30, 2019
"She don't want to say nothin' disrespectable," said Peter, "against her friend, but she was no shentleman for all tat."
From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
There's places where it ain't genteel, nor yet respectable, to live; and so those places grow more disrespectable and miserable every day.
From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
Few persons now would hold disrespect to a patently disrespectable parent as wrong as murder; or a failure to "remember the Sabbath" as great a sin as adultery.
From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
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