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[ adjective ] having an exceedingly bad reputation
Examples "a notorious gangster" "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having an exceedingly bad reputation
Examples "a notorious gangster" "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)According_to the Food_and_Drug_Administration ( FDA ) , `` Doctor '' Ghadiali , Dr._Albert_Abrams and his clique , and Dr._Wilhelm_Reich - to name three notorious device quacks - succeeded , respectively , in distributing 10000 , 5000 , and 2000 fake health machines . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)Replies to requests for character reference are notorious for their evasive double-entendre . Related terms |
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