look disreputable

Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words

To have an appearance that suggests a bad reputation.

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Examples (10)

  • The old man in the corner looked rather disreputable in his torn coat.
  • With its peeling paint and boarded-up windows, the tavern looked thoroughly disreputable.
  • He looked vaguely disreputable with his unshaven face and wrinkled shirt.
  • Doesn't that rundown motel look a bit disreputable to you?
  • If you attend the formal event in those clothes, you will look disreputable.
  • Since the scandal, the entire organization has started to look disreputable.
  • The bar on this street looks more disreputable than the one we visited yesterday.
  • The group of youths loitering by the alley looked quite disreputable to the passersby.
  • The whole financial scheme began to look disreputable once investigators started asking questions.
  • After a week of trekking in the wild, I'm sure I look rather disreputable.