The phrase
"unsavory reputation" means that someone or something is known for having a bad or unpleasant image or reputation.
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What Kulich had, though, was plenty of experience representing folks
with unsavory reputations: He'd been working in porn marketing, and also ran an adult entertainment business.
Billions, Season 1, Episode 9: Axe and Lara discuss the effect that the backlash from his
new unsavory reputation is having on their family.
One that might not be on our list is a short - term payday loan — the payday loan industry has a
rather unsavory reputation that it doesn't deserve as much as it used to.
Despite Lake Ontario's
unsavory reputation for being too polluted to swim in, however, Lou DiGeranimo, Toronto's general manager of water, insists that the water is just fine.
To be sure, part of this is a reaction against bitcoin and
its unsavory reputation.
Hartley noted that Engelhard, a notorious 20th Century metals trader, had
an unsavory reputation during his lifetime and is said to have been the real - life inspiration for the James Bond villain Auric Goldfinger.
Despite
their unsavory reputation in many quarters, the trades improved the lives of many.
The «house of Annas» has
an unsavory reputation in Jewish tradition.
The job was one that had to be done, and presumably it was possible to do it honestly, but the profession was one to attract the less scrupulous, and it had
an unsavory reputation; in Greek society «tax - gatherer» was a dirty word.
In becoming an agent, Moore entered a business with
an unsavory reputation.
Doing this can earn a person
an unsavory reputation in our closely networked industry that will take more than a few years to wear off.
«I am appalled that [UNESCO], which holds such promise, is allowing itself to burnish
the unsavory reputation of a dictator,» Tutu wrote.
But
this unsavory reputation has been changing in America and also in many other countries these past past several years.
Key ingredients in Mays» transformation include: patience, T.A.P.S (teachers, ancillary staff, parents, and students), a strong arts integration program supported through community partnerships, and a creative marketing and re-branding strategy to reverse Mays»
unsavory reputation.
Because of
the unsavory reputation of the payday loan industry, some businesses and organizations have stepped in to offer their own payday loan plans that can sidestep some of the fees and risks.
Snapchat risks
an unsavory reputation if it can't keep its content under control.
Microsoft has a solution to
its unsavory reputation, and it's called Signature Edition.