Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being disconsidered; disrepute.
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Examples
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The Old Men enjoyed a festival of public speaking; the laws were continually changed, never enforced; the commons had an opportunity to regret the merits of Nakaeia; and the king, denied the resource of rich marriages and the service of a troop of wives, fell not only in disconsideration but in debt.
In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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In vain do I combine the elements; in vain adjust the springs; and I have now arrived at such a pitch of disconsideration that (except yourself, dear fellow) I do not know a soul that I can face.
The Dynamiter Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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