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unˈcreditable, a.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b.]
Discreditable; disreputable.
1643Hammond Serm. Wks. 1684 IV. 511 He..that abstains only from uncreditable or unfashionable, from branded or disused sins. 1688Collier Several Disc. (1725) 2 The Design..being to make all Injustice and Encroachment an uncreditable, as well as an unprofitable Practice. 1710Palmer Proverbs 342 A brawl, in which both parties use a hundred impertinent and uncreditable expressions. 1782Paley Serm. 21 Sept., The vocation in time comes to be thought mean and uncreditable. 1818Bentham Ch. Eng., Catech. Exam. 427 No need has he of any such uncreditable and hazardous practice. 1866Illustr. Lond. News 1 Dec. 526 The credit which Mr...has received..is very uncreditable to the English nation.
Hence unˈcreditableness.
1667Causes Decay Chr. Piety xix. 419 To all other disswasives we may add this of the Uncreditableness. |