as in rude
showing a lack of manners or consideration for others
being four hours late is disrespectful of the people you promised to meet
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Recent Examples of disrespectful
If something in the dynamic feels disrespectful, overly intimate, or creates insecurity, those emotions deserve acknowledgment.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
It should also be noted that his remarks were in no way disrespectful to Kirk himself, to whose family the host had expressed condolences after his death last week.
—Jason Bailey, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
The 49-year-old rapper kicked Adrien Broner off the show’s set for incessantly flirting with the two women to a disrespectful degree.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
That’s why any claim a critic wants to make, whatever disrespectful statement a skeptic, or hater wants to level on this team can’t be defended.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Not a single disrespectful word passed between us.
—Ron Mix, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Rachel then called him disrespectful.
—David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
Missteps could seem disrespectful.
—Sarat Chakravarthi, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The radio silence in regard to conveying the vision to its members is disrespectful.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
It should also be noted that his remarks were in no way disrespectful to Kirk himself, to whose family the host had expressed condolences after his death last week.
—Jason Bailey, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
The 49-year-old rapper kicked Adrien Broner off the show’s set for incessantly flirting with the two women to a disrespectful degree.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
That’s why any claim a critic wants to make, whatever disrespectful statement a skeptic, or hater wants to level on this team can’t be defended.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Not a single disrespectful word passed between us.
—Ron Mix, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Rachel then called him disrespectful.
—David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
Missteps could seem disrespectful.
—Sarat Chakravarthi, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The radio silence in regard to conveying the vision to its members is disrespectful.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrespectful
rude
Adjective
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Crowd in New York has been bordered on rude; embarrassing!—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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Protecting speech for all requires great tolerance for the vulgar, rude, offensive, angry, mean and, yes, even hateful.—
The Detroit News Editorial Board,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Disrespectful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrespectful. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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