discreditable

How To Use discreditable In A Sentence

• To accuse a member of Parliament of double-crossing is certainly discreditable.
• It will come as no surprise to those who view Mr. Speaker Martin as incompetent, chippy and partial to the Government to discover that he is at the heart, yet again, of an effort to conceal from the public gaze something which appears to be unsatisfactory and discreditable about the conduct of the democratic affairs of the House and therefore the nation. Archive 2007-10-28
• They face possible suspension for discreditable conduct and bringing the Police Service into disrepute.
• In such a case, the person has failed to show benevolence for morally discreditable reasons, and so has behaved badly.
• But it manifested the spirit by which they were animated; and, sir, is that spirit to be charged here, in this hall where we are sitting, as being 'discreditable' to our country's name? Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.
• Others again desire knowledge in order to acquire money or preferment by it; that too is a discreditable quest.
• discreditable" for women to take any interest or any part in political affairs? The American Union Speaker
• But there are some examples here which suggest that obscure writing can be even more discreditable than that.
• Nevertheless, for reasons that may be thought discreditable, legislatures keep enacting such laws and there is no constitutional reason to say they may not.
• His prospects of parole do not look good, as his record grows daily more discreditable.