unceremonious
adjective
un·cer·e·mo·ni·ous
ˌən-ˌser-ə-ˈmō-nē-əs 
unceremoniously
adverb
unceremoniousness
noun
Examples of unceremonious in a Sentence
His unceremonious dismissal by the new boss surprised everybody.
my polite request was met with an unceremonious refusal
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On July 2, Comedy Central sent out an unceremonious press release announcing plans to push the season-27 premiere of South Park, announced back in April, from July 9 to July 23.
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Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Then everything came to an unceremonious stop last September, after just one year, even as Mamdani sought to expand it to three lines per borough.
—Ben Brachfeld, Curbed, 2 July 2025
Erecting his sail-like, iridescent dorsal fin, the mudskipper wriggles his stout tail and launches himself into the air before falling back to earth with an unceremonious plop.
—Skylar Knight, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
The birth of house music in the 1980s was also, in part, a response to the heyday, and unceremonious downfall, of disco, another genre that had distinctly Black origins before garnering more mainstream attention via white artists and culture.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
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Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Then everything came to an unceremonious stop last September, after just one year, even as Mamdani sought to expand it to three lines per borough.
—Ben Brachfeld, Curbed, 2 July 2025
Erecting his sail-like, iridescent dorsal fin, the mudskipper wriggles his stout tail and launches himself into the air before falling back to earth with an unceremonious plop.
—Skylar Knight, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
The birth of house music in the 1980s was also, in part, a response to the heyday, and unceremonious downfall, of disco, another genre that had distinctly Black origins before garnering more mainstream attention via white artists and culture.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
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“Unceremonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unceremonious. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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unceremonious
adjective
un·cer·e·mo·ni·ous
ˌən-ˌser-ə-ˈmō-nē-əs
: acting without or lacking ordinary courtesy : abrupt
an unceremonious departure
unceremoniously
adverb
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