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as in abrupt
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
my polite request was met with an unceremonious refusal
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as in informal
not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules
her unceremonious approach to her hosting duties puts party guests immediately at ease
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Recent Examples of unceremonious
Riley sails on, prow forward, fighting to avoid the Imagination’s unceremonious fate, not quitting, not wishing to be retired, but battling time.
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Greg Cote
april 28,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
An unceremonious dumping ground for the sort of horror movies most people can live without, Q1 has long functioned as a graveyard for the genre.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
No single unceremonious strangling of a potential project has created this issue, but all of them in sum have led us here.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2026
No single moment better illustrates this neglect than the unceremonious and unilateral cancellation of Baltimore’s east-west Red Line in 2015 by a governor who openly favored roads over rail and brushed aside decades of planning and more than a billion dollars in federal investment.
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Brandon Scott,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Feb. 2026
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Greg Cote
april 28,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
An unceremonious dumping ground for the sort of horror movies most people can live without, Q1 has long functioned as a graveyard for the genre.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
No single unceremonious strangling of a potential project has created this issue, but all of them in sum have led us here.
—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2026
No single moment better illustrates this neglect than the unceremonious and unilateral cancellation of Baltimore’s east-west Red Line in 2015 by a governor who openly favored roads over rail and brushed aside decades of planning and more than a billion dollars in federal investment.
—
Brandon Scott,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unceremonious
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Skratch also interviewed other sources for its story who alleged infidelity by Mickelson amid abrupt endings of memberships at other golf clubs.
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Following the abrupt dissolution of Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video app, Shin stressed that there are no plans to use A24’s existing IP to create GenAI tools.
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Authorities are also investigating the death of a Malawian man after he was allegedly killed by a mob at an informal settlement in the city of Pietermaritzburg, near Durban.
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It is joined by an adjoining family room and informal dining area.
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At the scene, police found Creech with blunt force injuries, WBNS reported.
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The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that her cause of death was blunt force trauma.
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Mauricio Pochettino has made the unconventional conventional since taking over as coach of the national team 18 months ago.
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Many shoppers are also moving beyond the classic round brilliant diamond in favor of geometric cuts, elongated shapes and unconventional settings.
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There will be two 15-minute periods of extra time if the match ends in a draw, with a short break in between.
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If stress builds, schedule a short stretch break and set softer deadlines where possible, because kindness to your body supports reliable output.
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“Unceremonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unceremonious. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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