disrepute

[ dis-ri-pyoot ]

noun

1. bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into ):

   Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.

   Synonyms: disgrace, disfavor

disrepute

/ ˌdɪsrɪˈpjuːt /

noun

1. a loss or lack of credit or repute

Word History and Origins

Origin of disrepute¹

First recorded in 1645–55; dis- ¹ + repute

Example Sentences

If the two parties could legislate more effectively, more proposals would pass into the judgment phase, and either rise in popularity as they worked to better people’s lives or fall into disrepute as they proved themselves to be failures.

From Vox

“His behaviour as a parliamentary candidate has brought the party into disrepute,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

People just will not understand if his government waves this through at a time one arm of the Murdoch Empire is in such disrepute.

From The Daily Beast

The Bush administration will leave the annals of presidential disrepute several times thicker than it found them.

From The Daily Beast

Oddly enough this assumption—the most warrantable of the lot—was the earliest to fall under disrepute.

From Project Gutenberg

Monomania as a defense for crime has brought expert evidence into great disrepute.

From Project Gutenberg

He kept to the same ignoble counsel that had so wrought disrepute for Mr. Croker.

From Project Gutenberg

Goodness is proper to the aged; it is their sole glory; why should this milky stripling bring it into disrepute?

From Project Gutenberg

Still the ill success of popular government in Germany brought the Parliament into lasting disrepute.

From Project Gutenberg