Disreputation

Dis`rep`u`ta´tion


n.1.Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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To be governed (as we call it) by one is not safe; for it shows softness, and gives a freedom, to scandal and disreputation; for those, that would not censure or speak ill of a man immediately, will talk more boldly of those that are so great with them, and thereby wound their honor.
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I call it mutually-assured disreputation. In coming days this will compound the difficulties faced by the South Asian diaspora.
MAD Mutually-Assured Disreputation
The art of instrumental delivery (use of forceps and vacuum), though existing for centuries, has earned a disreputation due to the possibility of poor maternal and foetal outcome.1 The incidence of instrumental vaginal delivery ranges between 10% and 20% of all deliveries.2 Foetal indication commonly encountered is malposition of the foetal head with relative dystocia3 and foetal distress.
Foeto-maternal outcome in instrumental vaginal delivery attending a secondary hospital in Hyderabad (Aga Khan Maternal and Child Care Centre)
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