Terry Glavin

Conceived as a short-term remedy to the occasional ailment of acute labour shortages in key industries, the indentured-labour service had to be dismantled by the Conservatives owing to its inevitably scandalous abuse by disreputable employers. By 2012, there were 338,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada.

Canadian Author

Chris March

You know how Bette Midler always says her obituary will read, 'Bette Midler dies. Started her career at the Continental Baths?' Mine will say 'Chris March died. He was on Season 4 of 'Project Runway.'' It's an amazing show, it did a lot for me, and I'm fine with it. Unless it becomes terribly disreputable.

American Designer

Jacob Weisberg

Nearly everyone who chooses to work for Donald Trump is disreputable in one way or another; Ali Baba didn't find 40 wise men in the cave. But to label everyone in Trumpworld a grifter misses important subtleties. It conflates grifters and grafters, and it ignores the crucial distinction between the two.

American Journalist

Sam Kean

Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.

American Writer

James K. Polk

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.

American President

Michael Portillo

There's much about the British Raj which I think is disreputable. It was rapacious; it was a sort of kleptocracy, and it was also racist. Indians were not treated as equals.

British Journalist

Jonathan Lethem

Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.

John Updike

Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.

American Novelist

Indicates a lack of trust people have in someone or something, suggesting potential risk or harm.

Trust Level

Often used when many people view a person or place negatively because of past actions or associations.

Public Opinion

Sometimes used to describe someone famous for a negative reason, making them well-known in a bad way.

Notoriety

Relates to behaviors that don't align with what is commonly accepted by society, often sparking disapproval.

Social Norms

Can invoke a moral judgment or disapproval of someone's character based on their actions.

Moral Judgment

What is disreputable may differ between cultures, depending on each society's values.

Cultural Context

 With roots that predate the popularity of the lustral gemstone, jade was used to refer to either a disreputable woman or a broken-down horse. Thus, the word jaded, meaning worn out or lacking enthusiasm,

Mysteries of vernacular:...

 National Cemetery is the nation's largest shrine to fallen heroes its breathtaking Beauty overshadows its disreputable beginnings George Washington Custis the stepson and namesake of our first president

Disreputable