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    The town viewed her as a reprobate, always involved in dubious activities and scandals.
    reprobate = an unprincipled or immoral person
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    The company is considered a model company in a reprobate industry.
    reprobate = unprincipled or immoral
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    The novel's protagonist struggled with her reprobate tendencies, constantly battling his inner demons.
    reprobate = immoral
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    'Mulch, you little reprobate,' roared Root.  (source)
    reprobate = unprincipled person
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    You low degenerates, you accursed reprobates; you would steal the pennies from a dead man's eyes, as you have from mine, fearful, awful, and bloodthirsty mountain grills that you are!†  (source)
    reprobates = immoral or unprincipled people
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    I returned home not disappointed, for I have said that I had long considered those authors useless whom the professor reprobated; but I returned not at all the more inclined to recur to these studies in any shape.  (source)
    reprobated = criticized or condemned
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    It was not in compliment to Jane Fairfax however that he was so indifferent, or so indignant; he was not guided by her feelings in reprobating the ball, for she enjoyed the thought of it to an extraordinary degree.  (source)
    reprobating = criticizing or condemning
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    In a tremulous state of dissatisfaction with himself—that any such grisly thought should have dared to obtrude itself upon him in this way—he got up and lit the lamp—re-read this disconcerting item in as cold and reprobative way as he could achieve, feeling that in so doing he was putting anything at which it hinted far from him once and for all.†  (source)
    reprobative = unprincipled or immoral
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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    It meant “lout,” “lecher,” “reprobate”—and it stung him to hear that word.  (source)
    reprobate = immoral or unprincipled person
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    From his remarks his parents now gathered the real reason of the separation; and their Christianity was such that, reprobates being their especial care, the tenderness towards Tess which her blood, her simplicity, even her poverty, had not engendered, was instantly excited by her sin.†  (source)
    reprobates = immoral or unprincipled people
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    Pitt Crawley declared her behaviour was monstrously indecorous, reprobated in strong terms the habit of play-acting and fancy dressing as highly unbecoming a British female, and after the charades were over, took his brother Rawdon severely to task for appearing himself and allowing his wife to join in such improper exhibitions.†  (source)
    reprobated = criticized or condemned
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    She had led her friend astray, and it would be a reproach to her for ever; but her judgment was as strong as her feelings, and as strong as it had ever been before, in reprobating any such alliance for him, as most unequal and degrading.†  (source)
    reprobating = criticizing or condemning
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    Well, everybody know he a reprobate.  (source)
    reprobate = immoral or unprincipled person
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