DISREPUTABLENESS Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

disreputableness

noun

as in disgracefulness

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Noun

In the small-cap space, Piper Sandler's Tenthoff likes Monte Rosa Therapeutics, a pioneer in protein degradation that selectively destroys disease-causing proteins.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
The degradation of Starshield is estimated to have cost Ukraine tens of millions of dollars in losses, according to an analysis by Dimko Zhluktenko, a drone pilot and analyst in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

— Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of degradation

Noun

The lucrative example paved the way for more than two decades of musical theater shamelessness.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The world has gotten a glimpse of the fawning, skeezy shamelessness of his famous hangers-on, but not enough to criminally implicate them.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026

Definition of shamelessness

Noun

There will be controversy, grift and venality, supporters will get lost and lose themselves in a fog of legalese, accounting and abbreviations — VAR, SCR, LOL, FFS — there will be ugliness and misgivings and a lot of meh.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The same amount of venality and virtue exists today as did back then, and so human nature just doesn’t change.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2026

Definition of venality

Noun

Decades of fiscal profligacy, including the costs of an extended conflict with Japan in Korea, had drained the imperial treasury.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
His first-half profligacy, at odds with his attacking threat, exemplified that notion.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of profligacy

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Since this is a new form factor for Apple, the company designed a novel vapor chamber and heat dissipation system that includes routing a graphite pipe through the hinge to help spread heat throughout the chassis.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
The years that followed were plagued by stagnation and dissipation of any peace process, regular wars with Hamas, and a heavily nationalist government in Israel.

— Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissipation

Noun

Speaking to the Freedom Fighters club in Arlington July 1, Hall said moral degeneracy, discipline issues and low literacy rates are products of removing the Bible from classrooms.

— Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
The team found that a near-infrared resolving power of at least 40 is the minimum needed to break that degeneracy.

— Paul Sutter, Space.com, 10 June 2026

Definition of degeneracy

Noun

There’s plenty of decadence to go around, not only in the amenities and treatments but culinarily speaking—a surprise seven-course chef’s table dinner at Rumari Counter is good for the soul—and the combination is divine.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
But Pavese’s private concerns seem now to be the opposite of decadence.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of decadence

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