ill repute

noun

: bad reputation

Examples of ill repute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Washington Commanders, who were 4-13 a year ago, a franchise of ill repute for a generation, are going to the NFC Championship Game next Sunday, either in Philadelphia or Los Angeles. —David Aldridge, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025

For an offshore man of mystery and ill repute, a diplomatic post is a protective cloak that brings with it varying degrees of immunity, not to mention an alternative passport to travel and transact with; a new identity untethered from the past; and a noble (honorable, even) foil. —Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025

The government crackdown has enlisted elite police squads more accustomed to busting brothels and other locales of ill repute. —Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2021

For years, free-to-play mobile games have had a reputation of ill repute, and for good reason. —Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2020

Loosely based on a mixture of Amsterdam, London, Vegas, and old New York, Ketterdam is a city of ill repute, but also freedom. —Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2021

In this reality, the town is named Pottersville, and it’s wholly conquered by Potter and full of bars, gambling houses, and other places of ill repute. —Jack Butler, National Review, 25 Dec. 2020

By the time this photo was taken, the Horn Palace was a roadhouse of ill repute, mainly because of the reputation of its owner. —ExpressNews.com, 3 Oct. 2020

Rhymes for ill repute

• absolute
• arrowroot
• attribute
• bitterroot
• constitute
• convolute
• destitute
• disrepute
• dissolute
• execute
• institute
• involute