as in notorious
not respectable
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
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Recent Examples of shameful
Although the state’s substantial equivalency standards were recently weakened in a shameful, backroom budget deal in Albany, the City still has a critical role to play in ensuring compliance with the law.
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Adina Mermelstein Konikoff, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Animals go to the bathroom, reject unwanted affection, gobble food, sleep for hours, and bite their toenails without a moment of hesitation or a shameful glance around to see if anyone’s looking.
—Mari Andrew, Time, 1 July 2025
The Sun must do better, this headline is simply shameful.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025
Left's 'shameful' attacks on Texas flood victims debunked 3.
—FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
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Adina Mermelstein Konikoff, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Animals go to the bathroom, reject unwanted affection, gobble food, sleep for hours, and bite their toenails without a moment of hesitation or a shameful glance around to see if anyone’s looking.
—Mari Andrew, Time, 1 July 2025
The Sun must do better, this headline is simply shameful.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025
Left's 'shameful' attacks on Texas flood victims debunked 3.
—FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameful
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The House members, Reps. Adriano Espaillat, Nydia Velazquez and Daniel Goldman, showed up at the notorious Sunset Park federal jail Wednesday morning, but were blocked at the door, then were briefly trapped between the iron gate in front of the jail and its entrance doors.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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The notorious escort service eventually saw Fleiss arrested and convicted for tax evasion and implicated several Hollywood stars and politicians.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Obviously, many made comparisons to the infamous Kendrick vs. Drake feud.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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August 15, 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of a pivotal moment in live music history: The Beatles’ infamous performance at Shea Stadium.—
Lindsay A. Fleming,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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On bright sunny days in summer, look for a shady place where light intensity is reduced.—
Anthony A. Ciuffa,
Outdoor Life,
7 Aug. 2025
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Once they’ve been admitted, users have access to profiles of men annotated with information such as background checks and dating reviews; men with shady dating histories are rated with red flags.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Rudy flames out on his first day, though, and ends up working for a shady lawyer named Bruiser (Lana Parrilla) and her gleefully immoral paralegal Deck (P.J. Byrne).—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
12 Aug. 2025
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And that may be a good thing for humanity: For humans to thrive in this new era, immoral corporate executives and world leaders alike need to be replaced by AI, Gawdat advised.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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No criminal charge has been brought to the District Attorney's Office to this point, said 15th Judicial District Attorney General Jason Lawson.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
7 Aug. 2025
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According to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office, at least 25 defendants saw their criminal charges dismissed by a Bay State judge on Tuesday, after no one stepped forward to offer them legal assistance.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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Such actions are not only disgraceful but reprehensible.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameful. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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