reprobate
noun
a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person.
reprobating
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present participleof reprobate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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With the exception of the Cardinal of Lorraine, they were well-nigh unanimous in reprobating a venture from which they apprehended only disaster.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird
The high contracting parties, therefore, join in reprobating any other than an entirely voluntary immigration for these purposes.
From The Treaty With China, its Provisions Explained New York Tribune, Tuesday, August 28, 1868 by Mark Twain
He was once reprobating the introduction of all bull and bear similes into poetry.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Joseph Cottle
I cannot refrain from reprobating the too common practice among parents of bringing up their boys to the professions.
From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Pye Henry Chavasse
Footnote 33: I.e., if the despatch were to abstain from reprobating the French policy.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Arthur Christopher Benson
