disreputable character

collocation in English

meaningsofdisreputableandcharacter

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disreputable
adjective
uk
/dɪsˈrep.jə.tə.bəl/us
/dɪsˈrep.jə.t̬ə.bəl/
not trusted or respected; thought to have a ...
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character
noun
uk
/ˈkær.ək.tər/us
/ˈker.ək.tɚ/
the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different ...
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(Definition ofdisreputableandcharacterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are seriously concerned as to the number of cases, of adisreputablecharacteroccasionally, and the difficulty of dealing with them adequately.
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They need so much help that we should fight hard against thedisreputablecharacterthat misuses them.
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I have never heard of more flagrant vote-catching of a more obvious and somewhatdisreputablecharacter in my life than the difference between the two cases.
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He was adisreputablecharacter.
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Cullinan, thorough vagabond and rogue and a mostdisreputablecharacter, made the raid.
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Evidence against him was tendered by three women ofdisreputablecharacter, one of whom admitted that she had been paid to collect evidence.
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Robbery has taken place and one knows that it has taken place and that on the island there were disreputable characters.
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He preferred to alk of "disreputable characters with arms".
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I described them as "disreputable characters".
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There, he held wild parties and entertained disreputable characters.
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By the 12th century it had fallen into disrepair and had become an unsavory place, with a reputation as a hideout for thieves and other disreputable characters.
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