Adjective

(en adjective)

Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.

Lacking the power to attract interest.

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Adjective

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Responsible for a dishonest act.

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(lb) Judged to have committed a crime.

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Having a sense of guilt.

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Blameworthy.

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*:At twilight in the summereat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty —on the floor.