as in notorious
not respectable
disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies
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Recent Examples of disgraceful
The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.
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ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
The Heat repeatedly allowed open shots and unchallenged forays to the basket in another demoralizing and disgraceful defensive display, one made all the worse by the fact the Heat is fighting for playoff seeding.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
Disrespectful, inappropriate, disgraceful!
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noem’s insistence on filming arrest operations was both disgraceful and counterproductive.
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Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
The Heat repeatedly allowed open shots and unchallenged forays to the basket in another demoralizing and disgraceful defensive display, one made all the worse by the fact the Heat is fighting for playoff seeding.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
Disrespectful, inappropriate, disgraceful!
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noem’s insistence on filming arrest operations was both disgraceful and counterproductive.
—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
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During an April 2024 interview with The Sun, John revealed that he was diagnosed with toxic peripheral polyneuropathy, a condition linked to his time at Camp Lejeune, a notorious military base in North Carolina, where the water was severely contaminated in the 1980s.
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Morey was fired in May after Philadelphia failed to get past the second round of the playoffs, extending the franchise's notorious Eastern Conference Finals drought.
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On one infamous night in October 2023, nearly 1,000 birds died after flying into the clear glass walls of McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center.
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In the 1980s, the Friends of the LA River pushed to address street runoff and trash that had made the water body infamous.
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The Italian-style grotto is a shady spot to visit on sunny days, with trees sheltering the pool and fountain.
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This woodland native grows in USDA Zones 6-9 and is best suited to shadier areas of the landscape.
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Hill later pleaded guilty to criminal charges connected to the case, though she has never been charged with jury tampering.
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But this safeguard falls short — especially given new civil and criminal penalties for election officials that are tucked into this bill.
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Court records show that 60-year-old Bradley Kyle Martin, of Dearborn Heights, is charged with using a computer or internet to communicate with another person to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.
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These monsters—its antitheses—constitute that part of our nature that urges us to be sensible and strong, and that inclines us to see the life drive as trivial, weak, sentimental and immoral.
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Cleft palates appear not to have been treated as shameful under the Qing dynasty.
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That poor driver had to listen to me sniffle in shameful despair all the way back to the city.
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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