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Unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow.

To disable. [Obs.]

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder. Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan.

Capable of being dispensed or administered.

Quality of being dispensable.

Capable of being displaced.

signed to any service or use. The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus. Burke.

Blamable. [R.]

Unprofitable. [Obs.]

Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.

Capable of being disproved or refuted. Boyle.

Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.] Swift.

Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions. Actions, every one of which is very disputable. Jer. Taylor.

State of being disputable.

Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself Bp…

Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.

Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv.

Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.] The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon.

Not They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner. Spectator.