ill-famed
IPA: ɪɫfˈeɪmd
adjective
- Having a bad reputation.
ill famed
Examples of "ill-famed" in Sentences
- There are reports that Iraq ill-famed US private mercenary army Blackwater is operating in Pakistan freely.
- Poet: I would begin by reading to you from the pages of Boccaccio's ill-famed tome of licentiousness, the Decameron.
- To clearly draw the lines, Samahang Magdalo is a distinct organization under the controlling sphere of the more popularly known, though ill-famed, Magdalo.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.