Most dog lovers know about the often horrid conditions of puppy mills, the unregulated breeding facilities owned by disreputable breeders.
In speaking to Third Daughter-in-law, however, he never mentioned a word about finances, saying only that Shanghai wasn't like their village but a disreputable place where very few of the lower-class girls were clean.
A woman regarded as disreputable or shrewish.
A member of a family or other group who is considered undesirable or disreputable.
Nor, even in the full career of his reckless life, was he regarded as a personage with whom it was disreputable to traffic, or casually associate.
A disreputable old-time saloon or bawdyhouse.
Imitation has always had a faintly disreputable ring to it - presidents do not normally give speeches extolling the virtues of the copycat.
If you don't work hard, you can live comfortably. Why do you want to spell it like this? Although I also feel that a safe and stable life is not a bad thing, but also want to go further to look at the place to see what the God left something for themselves, is a splendid clothes, or disreputable, all want to see.
Some people confuse the Amway business opportunity with disreputable pyramid schemes. However, there are major differences, which have been officially recognized by the us Federal Trade Commission.
Ike Turner, a disreputable rock pioneer, died on December 12th, aged 76.
My actual disreputable motive was that I wanted to be the first to call it.
Black sheep: a member of a family or other group who is considered undesirable or disreputable.
They don't like the political and policy implications of climate change, so they've decided not to believe in it - and they'll grab any argument, no matter how disreputable, that feeds their denial.
In these circles, a cheap currency is often seen as the least disreputable form of industrial policy, because it benefits exporters in general, without favouring any particular industry or firm.
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