disreputableness

noun

Definition of disreputablenessnext
as in disgracefulness

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  1. degradation
  2. profligacy
  3. dissipation
  4. degeneracy
  5. decadence
  6. corruption
  7. perversion
Noun
  • Refrigeration can slow down the degradation of certain products, keeping them good-to-use just a little bit longer.
    Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the degradation caused by the passage of time and human activity, investigations enabled the identification of the ship's type, dimensions, construction method, the most likely construction date and remnants of its cargo.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of degradation
Noun
  • Post-match, head coach Julen Lopetegui lamented West Ham’s profligacy.
    Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.
    Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of profligacy
Noun
  • The beast is in ourselves, and, as Bonello posits, the realization of our desires also involves their dissipation.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Overextension inevitably leads to frustration and the dissipation of limited resources.
    Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2021
Definition of dissipation
Noun
  • The minimum size of a white dwarf is controlled by something called electron degeneracy pressure.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Their spinsterhood took on an ominous cast, their celibacy no longer evidence of pure, Christian love, but now suggestive of physical, emotional, and intellectual degeneracy.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of degeneracy
Noun
  • The decadence is liberating, the lack of inhibitions is liberating.
    James Factora, Them, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Yet the overall decadence of the drink remains the same.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of decadence
Noun
  • The committee identified graft and corruption, inefficiencies and waste.
    Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The first is Sweeney Todd — an interesting choice, seeing as Stephen Sondheim’s cannibalistic tale explores themes of political corruption and the destructive forces of free markets.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of corruption
Noun
  • Originally, there was a title sequence that had nothing to do with John Doe and his fingertips or any of his composition book perversions.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • There’s an itch to depict Diddy as a Black Jeffrey Epstein, the ringleader of clandestine, A-list perversion.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of perversion
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