Definitions
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- adjective having an exceedingly bad reputation.
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- adjective Having a bad
reputation
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- adjective known widely and usually unfavorably
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Examples
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The worm was similar to the ill-famed Samy worm “which spread across the popular MySpace social-networking site a while back,” says a Twitter blog, going on:
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Poet: I would begin by reading to you from the pages of Boccaccio's ill-famed tome of licentiousness, the Decameron.
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Sen. John Ensign R-Nev. said Wednesday that his new plans to seek reelection in 2012 shouldn't be spoiled by his ill-famed marital indiscretions with the wife of a former high-ranking campaign staffer -- or the ensuing federal investigation.
John Ensign To Run For Reelection: 'I Still Have A Lot To Offer The State' Despite Sex Scandal The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Sen. John Ensign R-Nev. said Wednesday that his new plans to seek reelection in 2012 shouldn't be spoiled by his ill-famed marital indiscretions with the wife of a former high-ranking campaign staffer -- or the ensuing federal investigation.
John Ensign To Run For Reelection: 'I Still Have A Lot To Offer The State' Despite Sex Scandal The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Poet: I would begin by reading to you from the pages of Boccaccio's ill-famed tome of licentiousness, the Decameron.
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John Cornwell, Jesus College, Cambridge University professor notes that the Vatican signed its ill-famed concordat with Hitler in 1933 to prevent him from grabbing church property and meddling in church affairs.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Bestowing Sainthood on Pius XII Ignores a Heinous Past 2009
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There are reports that Iraq ill-famed US private mercenary army Blackwater is operating in Pakistan freely.
Pakistan is swiftly drifting towards an all out civil war 2009
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The worm was similar to the ill-famed Samy worm “which spread across the popular MySpace social-networking site a while back,” says a Twitter blog, going on:
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John Cornwell, Jesus College, Cambridge University professor notes that the Vatican signed its ill-famed concordat with Hitler in 1933 to prevent him from grabbing church property and meddling in church affairs.
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To clearly draw the lines, Samahang Magdalo is a distinct organization under the controlling sphere of the more popularly known, though ill-famed, Magdalo.
Capt Dante Langkit: his Future in Politics and his Continuing Dilemma 2009
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