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unrespectable
adjective
uk /ˌʌn.rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/ us /ˌʌn.rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/(alsodisrespectable)
not considered to be socially acceptable because of bad character, appearance, or behaviour:
There was something glamorous and at the same time excitingly unrespectable about groups of artists living together.
Opposite
respectable
They disseminate the philosophy that there is something vaguely unrespectable about enjoying yourself too much, about losing control.
At his unrespectable and irreverent best, he had a knack for startling his audience, disconcerting his peers, even dismaying his admirers.
Moral reformers were making ever clearer that distinction between respectable and unrespectable behaviour.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unsuitable and unacceptable
amiss
be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom
beneath your dignityidiom
beyond
beyond the paleidiom
incorrect
incorrectly
indecent
ineligibility
ineligible
over-extravagant
raffish
raffishly
raffishness
room
unsuitable
unsuitably
unsuited
unsupportable
unwarrantable
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