tarnished reputation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftarnishedandreputation
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tarnished
adjective
uk/ˈtɑː.nɪʃt/us/ˈtɑːr.nɪʃt/
If metal is tarnished it has become less bright or a ...
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reputation
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk/ˌrep.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌrep.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/
the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour ...
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(Definition oftarnishedandreputationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This will not add to the alreadytarnishedreputationof the multinational companies.
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I know that he was retrieving atarnishedreputationat the time, but he certainly did something that was bold.
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All those involved in football need to work together to defend the sport'starnishedreputation.
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The construction industry has atarnishedreputation, in part due to cowboy builders, who are rife throughout an industry that also has many good builders.
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He can do something to redeem his rathertarnishedreputationby acting generously to protect local government from the effects of a national disaster that could not have been foreseen.
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Carrington would spend the rest of his life attempting to recoup histarnishedreputationas a soldier.
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Synanon struggled to survive without its leader, and also with a severelytarnishedreputation.
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There are some tarnished reputations, but they are certainly not theirs.
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They stem also from matters more important than their own tarnished reputations, more important indeed than any exchanges of party politics.
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It is merely an attempt to perpetuate and brighten tarnished reputations.
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