undignified
adjective
un·dig·ni·fied
ˌən-ˈdig-nə-ˌfīd 
: not dignified : lacking in dignity or injurious to dignity
undignified behavior
She did not exactly fall, but she staggered and reeled across the room in a very undignified fashion …—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery… she could not get over the idea that to earn her living was somewhat undignified …—Somerset Maugham
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Also, telling the whole story is undignified.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Last weekend’s loss to the Tennessee Titans was comically undignified, but at least the other two came against good teams (San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
One gets the sense of a male playwright feeling uncomfortable about the possibility of making a female character look undignified — but Ibsen’s own satire gets us past that.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
But having to hold on to the subway wall for fear of getting pushed onto the tracks by a crazy person is undignified too.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Last weekend’s loss to the Tennessee Titans was comically undignified, but at least the other two came against good teams (San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
One gets the sense of a male playwright feeling uncomfortable about the possibility of making a female character look undignified — but Ibsen’s own satire gets us past that.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
But having to hold on to the subway wall for fear of getting pushed onto the tracks by a crazy person is undignified too.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Undignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undignified. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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