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Definition of "ill-repute" [ill-repute]

  • A poor or damaged reputation. (noun)

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Use "ill-repute" in a sentence
  • "Spitzer prosecuted political opponents for frequenting houses of ill-repute."
  • "I think probably some guy, smarter than you, (which includes ninety five percent of the population), left you to fend for yourself in a barroom brawl in Leesville, or a house of ill-repute in Phenix City, which your loud mouth got you into, to start with."
  • "Hannibal simply drew me toward his story, and I assumed telling it would require a sometimes uncomfortable partnership with a man of considerable ill-repute."