discreditable

For all their evidence he might be one who had passed his days in discreditable industry.

There's nothing discreditable about asking to be well paid for your work.

Nothing discreditable, but you've been doing something and not saying anything about it."

But that he did, or wanted to do, anything discreditable is quite untrue.

This is all the assertion of a fairly discreditable group.

It is discreditable in the last degree,' he said, and his thoughts ran on.

The fact that we had known each other for years made it doubly discreditable.

For you to benefit from this exploitation is thoroughly discreditable.

"There is no reason why this discreditable dealing must be so public!

"All that I have discovered about him is eminently discreditable," he said.

There is, of course, something discreditable behind his silence.

There is nothing discreditable about the exclusion of these artists from the Met exhibition.

Another discreditable feature is, that, for a like reason, they are incapable of carrying on any war.

It is shameful and highly discreditable that this battle should last so long.

I'm glad I didn't - it would only have shown us in a very discreditable light.

More discreditable is the conduct of the head of the utility.

Sister Morrison made it sound as if there was something faintly discreditable in being a doctor.

She had perfect faith in him, and felt sure that he would never become involved in anything discreditable.

In both the private and social spheres, many great achievements "are brought about by discreditable means" (225).

But I became aware of a new emotion-disquieting, faintly discreditable.

Her state of mind would have seemed altogether discreditable to her grandmother.

I mean," he laughed nervously, "there might be all sorts of discreditable things to learn.

What's discreditable is keeping employees in the dark.

Terribly discreditable,' he said again, looking at the neat, deliberate writing with distress.