🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

बदनाम

Pronunciation / Transliteration: badnaam

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disreputable/dɪsˈrɛp.jə.tə.bəl/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"वह शहर के एक बदनाम इलाके में रहता था।"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not respectable; having a bad reputation or lacking in good character and standards.

    "The traveler stayed away from the disreputable parts of the city after dark."
  2. 2

    Scabby or dilapidated in appearance; shabby or of poor quality.

    "He wore a disreputable old trench coat with frayed cuffs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix dis- (expressing negation or reversal) combined with reputable, which stems from the Latin reputabilis (worthy of consideration or reputation). It entered the English language in the late 16th century to describe persons or establishments lacking good standing or moral integrity.

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