disreputation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of disreputation
First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- 1 + reputation
Example Sentences
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Four novelists with solid reputations hold most of the ground they have already gained but gain little new in their latest books.
From Time Magazine Archive
The safest and most solid reputations are those of writers nobody reads.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert
He had gone his own way and remained obscure; while his friends, Jewdwine and Maddox, had gone theirs and won for themselves solid reputations.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
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