Definition: 1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation. 2. Well known for being bad.
Use 'notorious' in a sentence:
1. She is also notorious for her overbearing perfectionism.
2. The most notorious examples of this are in agriculture.
3. He is notorious for its patriarchal behaviour.
4. MPPE was notorious for selling substandard diesel.
5. In the 1980s, the company was notorious for shady deals.
6. THE British are notorious for preferring pets to people.
7. Nevertheless, some notorious figures may be forced out.
8. They are notorious for resorting to trickery in order to impress their clients.
9. The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers.
10. Alcoholics are notorious for their ability to deceive themselves about the extent of their problem.
11. Ellison's most notorious romance ended up in court.
12. The company was notorious for shady deals.
13. The list is endless; the practice open and notorious.
14. He was a notorious anti-Semite.
15. Accra's notorious slum is aptly named.
16. One of the major constraints of Ajax is the notorious same origin policy.
17. She told us the story of one of Britain's most notorious country house murders.
18. Online courses are notorious for high dropout rates.
19. He is notorious for being a foolish emperor.
20. He is notorious for making unexpected, often self-contradictory, comments.
21. He is a notorious rake.
22. Red meats are among the biggest and most notorious emitters, but trucking a salad from California to Minnesota in January also carries a significant burden.
23. The accident happened on a notorious black spot on the A43.
24. Qinhui was a notorious sycophantic official in the Song dynasty, and was spurned by later generations.
25. Being the world's largest retailer and a notorious discounter.
26. These vast slaughters have since become notorious.
27. The state is the base of the notorious "La Familia" gang.
28. Many of those who attend dinners are notorious for unpunctuality.
29. When my brother, a notorious spender, came home for a visit, he told my father he was going to get married and settle down.
30. In the past, the grandson of a prime minister was a notorious spendthrift.
31. There, as is notorious, he spent the last years of his life;
32. Hughes virtually ignores Edison's famous contemporary and notorious adversary in the field of electric light and power, George Westinghouse.
33. Las Vegas is notorious, say hotel analysts.
34. He is a notorious guy in many girls' eyes.
35. Numerous notorious incidents abound.
36. Americans are notorious for wasting food.
37. Hitler is a notorious dictator.
38. Chinese goods sent to Africa are notorious for their poor quality.
39. The notorious drug-pusher has been contriving an escape from the prison.
40. He is a notorious wastrel in our company.
41. She would admit none of the notorious errors of the world.
42. For Paris-Roubaix, a nod to the famed French bicycle race, the couple used sweetcorn to represent the road event's notorious cobblestones.
43. His short temper had become notorious.
44. But this lab has a notorious record on lab security.
45. This town is notorious for chewing people up and spitting them out.
46. That corner is a notorious accident black spot.
47. The Hell's Angels were once the most notorious and anarchistic of motorbike gangs.
48. The court became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments.
49. The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions.
