Word: discreditable
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...firm conviction, moreover, that this hearing was deliberately brought on for the purpose of attacking the judgment of this court, attacking the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department, in a carefully thought-out scheme to generally discredit . . . the testimony of undercover agents and former Communist Party members . . . Matusow [has] obviously made an effort to convert these proceedings into a trial of the Department of Justice rather than of the issues before the court...
...Republican senator then went on to say he was "bringing Galbraith back to prove that the Banking Committee's investigation of the stock market is only designed to discredit the Eisenhower administration." He continued, "Galbraith's got a very bad record; I'm going to take this...
...said Democratic members of the committee had purposely picked Galbraith because he would discredit the Eisenhower administration...
...been traditionally outspoken, and its pronouncements have often been designed to uphold the standards of American medicine. Emphasizing the need to set rigid standards for physician's training, the AMA has also established codes of ethics and high requirements throughout medical practice, using its power to expel and discredit members who violate the rules of their state medical associations. In maintaining medical facilities at the highest levels, the AMA has done valuable work--which could have been done only by learned men, experienced in their profession...
When the varsity swimming team defeated Yale in 1938, College students circulated a petition asking that swimming be elevated from a minor to a major sport. This was done and swimming has retained its "major" status ever since. Though no discredit to swimming, this incident illustrates the unfortunate arbitrariness of the present athletic letter system. A varsity letter shod primarily be a personal token of recognition which the College gives to a player. Only as a secondary function should a letter distinguish a player from the rest of the student body. But the policy of the Athletic Association has made...