Meaning and example
a person without moral scruples
The passage used "reprobate" to mean a person without moral scruples.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.999 places reprobate in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 84.5% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
derideUncommon
- Known by
- 84.2%
treat or speak of with contempt
credulityUncommon
- Known by
- 84.8%
tendency to believe readily
assuageUncommon
- Known by
- 84.1%
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
banalUncommon
- Known by
- 84.1%
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
engenderUncommon
- Known by
- 84%
call forth
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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