ill fame
noun
bad reputation, especially in sexual matters.
ill-famed
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a word derived from
ill fame.
Example Sentences
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“Who wants to accept this year’s prize from a reduced, badly wounded and ill-famed group?” he asked.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018
On July 22 two Iraqi prisons came under attack and around 500 men, including some top militants leaders, escaped from ill-famed Abu Ghraib and Taji prisons...
From Time ● Aug. 6, 2013
Grizzled Lord Mottistone, 76, recalled the ill-famed 1933 resolution of the Oxford Union, whose members voted 275-10-153 that they "would under no circumstances fight for King and country."
From Time Magazine Archive
On the body of a soldier of Japan's veteran, ill-famed 18th Division, soldiers found a bit of Nipponese poesy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Parents are very severe upon a daughter who becomes ill-famed, for when they seek a husband for her they must spend more.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott
