3 example sentences using reprobate.

Reprobate used in a sentence

Reprobate in a sentence as a noun

Suppose he gave keys to a cleaning service and some reprobate there stole the keys and trashed the house?

Reprobate in a sentence as a verb

That is not behaving like a first-class citizen, that is behaving like an underhanded reprobate.

Reprobate in a sentence as an adjective

If my local politicians are any indication, the ones who were in office during the 'tough-on-crime' era, particularly of the 80's and 90's, tend to speak as if the convicted are reprobate, can never fully 'repay' their victims, and are destined for a life of crime.

Reprobate definitions

noun

a person without moral scruples

See also: miscreant

verb

reject (documents) as invalid

verb

abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"

verb

express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"

See also: condemn decry objurgate excoriate

adjective

deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

See also: depraved perverse perverted