Many disreputable companies charge high monthly fees - which lead to even greater debt. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
How shabby and disreputable is this party which aspires to wrap itself in the British Flag. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-05] Reference
The earl, my father, chose to take umbrage at what he called my disreputable -- ". From Wordnik.com. [Self-Raised] Reference
I will not allow the word disreputable to be used in regard to any of my friends. ". From Wordnik.com. [An Eye for an Eye] Reference
In pre-Las Vegas America, when gambling was illicit and had a louche charm, the natural domain of the disreputable was the poker table, the race track and the pool hall. From Wordnik.com. [A Good Lie] Reference
As if an official Pentagon release is some kind of disreputable “media coverage.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “NYTimes Columnist Admits Using Blogger’s Words”:] Reference
The "disreputable" part comes from the title of the Basset Hounds' secret notebook, it's called their disreputable History. From Wordnik.com. [Review: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks] Reference
But I don't think Sara is big into fishin, and not only is it on the 'disreputable' side of the lake, it IS in the middle of nowhere. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference
Jenkins recalls the manner in which other art forms (such as cinema and comics) were at one point considered "disreputable" before gaining "cultural respectability.". From Wordnik.com. [PopPolitics Weblog | PopPolitics.com] Reference
New York, New York, and even "disreputable" fare like. From Wordnik.com. [The House Next Door] Reference
Her original loan was with Countrywide…which was now owned by BofA-so not some "disreputable". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
In contrast, is the SPLC a "disreputable" organization, and are its findings "discredited," as FAIR claims?. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
The enormous number of 1,563,000, which is equal to the population of half our states, are engaged in what the census terms "disreputable" occupations. From Wordnik.com. [Modern India] Reference
Mr Clarke attacked as "disreputable" Labour MPs who believed the party was heading for defeat but did not believe there was anything they could do about it. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
On May 3, 1971 I found myself in Dupont Circle, Washington, as did a lot of others, most young, mostly "disreputable," all appalled by the war in Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [Blogrunner] Reference
On May 3, 1971 I found myself in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. -- as did a lot of others, most young, mostly "disreputable," all appalled by the war in Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
"disreputable" part, she was singled out for censure in a Congressional report issued by Ohio. From Wordnik.com. [Night Light] Reference
This is the most disreputable place along the river. From Wordnik.com. [My Three Days in Gilead] Reference
The young fellow was most disreputable in appearance. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts] Reference
Countess Strahlberg made all those disreputable grimaces?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Now, I hadn't thought before this just how disreputable I looked. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
In fact he held most journalists to be pretty disreputable creatures. From Wordnik.com. [Conrad Black Gets Out Of Jail] Reference
They were being sought by a somewhat disreputable private detective named Larry Case. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret War] Reference
'It is believed that he was accompanied by a young man of very disreputable appearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
"Between your disreputable friends and your aristocratic ones, I'm in a difficulty, Janet.". From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
The door of the place was opened, and a disreputable looking fellow like themselves admitted them. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Buckley tolerated some disreputable ideas, including segregation; but he had the capacity to change. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
The copperhead disreputable portion of the press magnified rebel successes, and belittled those of the Union army. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The disreputable cart, the lifeless, blind old pacer, the home-made harness, the seediness of it all -- the pathos. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
For if ordered to do anything you please disreputable or dishonourable, he is ready to take any pains to oblige you. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
This kind of mistreatment has a long and unfortunately disreputable reputation in the annals of American occupations. From Wordnik.com. ['The War On Terror Is Not Working'] Reference
It declares elected judges to be "representatives" and does so in the service of a disreputable notion of representation. From Wordnik.com. [The Conan Doyle School Of Law] Reference
A more disreputable-looking front door I have not seen, -- it was in perfect harmony with the remainder of the establishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The court of George IV was most disreputable, and the Duchess of Kent wisely judged that it was no place for her little daughter. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
Even Elizabeth Dole's talk from the floor was supposedly tainted by a smoothness that suggested a disreputable degree of forethought. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Journalism] Reference
He was shorter and slimmer than the others, and the best dressed one of the three, although he was disreputable enough in all conscience. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts] Reference
Here, Smith talks about how his service works, dealing with disreputable pros, and how home remodeling has been affected by the recession. From Wordnik.com. [10 Questions for . . . Craig Smith, CEO of ServiceMagic.com] Reference
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