Noun
Bad reputation; notoriety.
He was held in ill repute, no one would trust him enough to do business with him.
(euphemistic) Prostitution and the sex industry.
ill-repute (uncountable)
A poor or damaged reputation.
ill-repute
Ill repute is a good thing and much the same as pain. Antisthenes
Buying a used rental car is kind of like going to a house of ill repute looking for a wife. Anything that's been driven that hard by that many people, you really don't want to put your key in it. Jeff Foxworthy