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disrespectable

American  
[dis-ri-spek-tuh-buhl] / ˌdɪs rɪˈspɛk tə bəl /

adjective

  1. not respectable.


disrespectable British  
/ ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktəbəl /

adjective

  1. unworthy of respect; not respectable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of disrespectable

First recorded in 1805–15; dis- 1 + respectable


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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

This brought language from my boatman—well, to say the least, quite disrespectable.

From Tales of Fishes by Zane Grey

The strange mixture of the respectable with the disrespectable, was, however, maintained in our eyes to the last.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

But there, I was so fond of that shabby disrespectable family myself that I never would scold much about them, and I often went to see them.

From Racketty-Packetty House by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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