reprobate
noun
a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person.
reprobates
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present tense formof reprobate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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If anyone can persuade me and my fellow fossil fuel reprobates to give up our gas-powered lawnmowers, luminous bumpers and fleets of carburetor-powered cars, it’s him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Both of those reprobates have attracted a following of immense numbers of people — many who simply don't get it.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2022
How that added up to Lord Byron — among the greatest poets and reprobates of the age — is unclear.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2018
Cole was also the primary source for Stephen Davis’s 1985 biography “Hammer of the Gods,” a book that solidified the posthumous image of Led Zeppelin as heathen reprobates.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2018
“Those old reprobates, they live in my building, you know...”
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
