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discreditable

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1. discreditable - Adjective

2. discreditable - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Truth - Something somehow discreditable to someone. H. L. Mencken

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught. H. L. Mencken

To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human. Aldous Huxley

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable. Christian Nestell Bovee

There is a great deal to be said for the Arts. For one thing they offer the only career in which commercial failure is not necessarily discreditable. Evelyn Waugh

It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one. Danish Proverb

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