The phrase "ailing reputation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a reputation that is suffering or in decline, often due to negative events or perceptions.
Example: "The company's ailing reputation was evident in the declining sales and customer complaints."
Alternatives: "damaged reputation" or "deteriorating reputation".
And with barbed programmatic purpose, Harrer may have taken aim at the reputation of the ailing, demanding and proud composer with a cantata: "The Rich Man Died and Was Buried".
Aside from the disrespect this displays from many people who should know better, the lack of thought for family and friends of a woman who, despite her 'Iron Lady' nickname, was still a human being, the reaction of these students only serves to further damage the reputation of an already ailing union.
The former president of cable network Showtime has a reputation for both turning around ailing television channels and supporting risk-taking drama, and since his arrival NBC has increasingly attempted to compete with the Fox network on its own territory.
He acquired a reputation for effecting successful turnarounds for ailing companies, though political opponents later charged that his methods included benefiting investors at the expense of employees.
For the first time, candidates for the job of DG included two highly experienced women insiders, one of whom, Helen Boaden, revived the reputation and audience of a once ailing Radio 4 and now runs the news operation that remains the corporation's core, most highly prized activity.
It has grown steadily in size, as well as in reputation, while better-known corporate laboratories have been ailing.
Cosby's reputation and fame have suffered enormously; he is an ailing man now.
But economists note that the fund's core mission of requiring financially ailing countries to reform their economies and fight corruption demands credibility and reputation of the highest order.
When Geely acquired ailing Volvo, many questioned how a little-known Chinese car company with a reputation for making low-priced cars of dubious quality could possibly save a premium European brand.
British industrialist who, gained a reputation for having a ruthless, no-nonsense approach to reducing costs in ailing businesses and was responsible for diminishing the power of British unions during the 1980s while presiding as chairman (1983-86) of the National Coal Board.
