as in boorish
having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners
I object not so much to what he did as the classless way he did it
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Recent Examples of classless
Private ownership is eliminated with the goal of all goods being equally shared in a classless society.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The rowdy responses of the classless crowd were intolerable.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
But, for not a single D to stand to applaud a boy's brave battle with cancer, or a man's admission to West Point, was a classless disgrace.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Communism, on the other hand, advocates for a classless society where all property is communally owned.
—H. Sami Karaca, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The rowdy responses of the classless crowd were intolerable.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
But, for not a single D to stand to applaud a boy's brave battle with cancer, or a man's admission to West Point, was a classless disgrace.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Communism, on the other hand, advocates for a classless society where all property is communally owned.
—H. Sami Karaca, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classless
Adjective
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An exodus of prosecutors who didn’t care for his staff screaming sessions and boorish press conferences.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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In that film, McAdams is bawdily hilarious yet shockingly believable as a high school girl who finds her body being embodied by Schneider’s boorish thief.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Being able to be in a room full of comedians being stupid and funny like this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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Republican primary voters who do stupid things and vote for candidates with no chance of winning suffer the consequences.—
Kevin Igoe,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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An evening revue of wild, uncouth performance art by local artists, emphasizing work that is often discouraged elsewhere.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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The series offers Whitford his latest opportunity to express general bemusement with the American political process, this time sporting a bushy white beard, and Whigham his latest opportunity to be an uncouth bull in an otherwise genteel china shop.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Both McAdams and O’Brien play with their movie star personae but move beyond those expectations to deliver highly expressive, almost clownish performances — in the best way.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
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Both McAdams and O’Brien move beyond expectations to deliver highly expressive, almost clownish performances — in the best way.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This was like loutish English tourists turning up unannounced and urinating in the holy water.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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And Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack in 2013 at age 51, was the show’s tempestuous soul, playing a loutish killer with a quick temper and sad eyes.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Assuming this is something beyond Trumpian posturing, and that’s unclear, any such decision would not only be churlish and cruel but poorly targeted.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kay hasn’t acted since before Marty was born, and Marty never breaks character — they were made for a churlish May-December affair that unlocks something in them both.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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Sarah, the former Duchess of York, also sent emails to Epstein which included a vulgar mention of Eugenie, who had not yet turned 20 at the time, People reported.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Classless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classless. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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