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Recent Examples of discourteous Repetitive verbal abuse, exploitation, name-calling, physical bullying, and other mean behaviors that repeatedly demean players are not only discourteous and wrong, but also will eventually take a heavy toll on them. Amy Morin, Parents, 25 July 2024 Santos’ actions violated the city’s Rule and Regulations of the Civil Service Board’s rule regarding discourteous treatment of any member of the public, willful disobedience, and discrediting the city, the letter stated. Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024 Lane’s complaint alleged the off-duty officers were discourteous and unprofessional and violated body-camera policies. Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023 More:Louisville Metro Police Department illegally withholding, destroying records, group says The most common complaint was that officers were rude or discourteous, which appeared on 56 of the documents. Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 30 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for discourteous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discourteous
Adjective
  • Crowd in New York has been bordered on rude; embarrassing!
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • The interview escalated after host Branson Quirke made remarks that Riddle appeared to find disrespectful.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 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

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“Discourteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discourteous. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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