Meaning & use
Irreputable
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Not reputable; lacking a good reputation; disreputable.
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He was known for keeping company with irreputable characters.
The neighborhood's irreputable bars gave the whole street a bad name.
A note on using this word
Though far less common than "disreputable," "irreputable" follows the same negative-prefix pattern and appears occasionally in formal or literary writing.
Words with a similar meaning
disreputabledishonorable
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