Disregardfully
(Dis`re*gard"ful*ly), adv. Negligently; heedlessly.

Disrelish
(Dis*rel"ish) n.

1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.

Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty.
Burke.

2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Milton.

Disrelish
(Dis*rel"ish), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrelished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrelishing.]

1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope.

2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Milton.

Disremember
(Dis`re*mem"ber) v. t. To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]

Disrepair
(Dis`re*pair") n. A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.

The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair.
Sir W. Scott.

Disreputability
(Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty) n. The state of being disreputable. [R.]

Disreputable
(Dis*rep"u*ta*ble) a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.

Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself?
Bp. Watson.

Syn. — Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.

Disreputably
(Dis*rep"u*ta*bly), adv. In a disreputable manner.

Disreputation
(Dis*rep`u*ta"tion) n. Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. "A disreputation of piety." Jer. Taylor.

Disrepute
(Dis`re*pute") n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute.
Sir W. Scott.

Syn. — Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.

Disrepute
(Dis`re*pute"), v. t. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.]

More inclined to love them than to disrepute them.
Jer. Taylor.

Disrespect
(Dis`re*spect") n. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect.
Pope.

Disrespect
(Dis`re*spect"), v. t. To show disrespect to.

We have disrespected and slighted God.
Comber.

Disrespectability
(Dis`re*spect`a*bil"i*ty) n. Want of respectability. Thackeray.


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