as in notorious
not respectable
disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies
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Recent Examples of disgraceful
The country’s education problem is lower education, as shown by the few proficiency tests still permitted in elementary, middle, and high schools in Connecticut, and by their disgraceful performance gaps.
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Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025
The short and disgraceful political career of former NY Congressman George Santos has officially ended with his reporting to prison on July 25th.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
However, if there is something disgraceful about the Galveston Plan, the focus of Cockerell’s book, Schulz does not allude to it.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025
The short and disgraceful political career of former NY Congressman George Santos has officially ended with his reporting to prison on July 25th.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
However, if there is something disgraceful about the Galveston Plan, the focus of Cockerell’s book, Schulz does not allude to it.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
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The most notorious of these events is the shooting of Trump during a Pennsylvania campaign rally last year.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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One of the most popular, and notorious, alprazolam—more commonly known as Xanax—has a half-life of only twelve hours.—
P.E. Moskowitz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Rival organizations to the Missouri group include the infamous biker group Hell’s Angels, along with the Outlaws, El forastero, Galloping Goose, Sons of Silence and Bandidos biker groups.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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Rasheed was mostly raised by a single mother who struggled financially, in San Diego’s Skyline neighborhood, infamous for being a hotbed of gang activity.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Another reason is that most EVs don’t use wires in their steering column so they can’t be hotwired and some have cameras and motion detection that deter shady people that get too close to the vehicle.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Leaving it longer, especially in shady areas, helps the grass develop a stronger root system.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Britain's biggest anti-immigrant political party, Reform UK, which has topped opinion polls in recent months, has kept its distance from Robinson, who has several criminal convictions.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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At least 25 people were arrested in offenses including violent disorder, assaults and criminal damage, and the investigation continues, police said.—
BRIAN MELLEY,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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Ladapo said the decision was not reached according to the data, but instead on his view that vaccine mandates are immoral and outside the scope of the government’s authority.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
7 Sep. 2025
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Even the paper’s biggest triumph—which, without giving too much away, brings it into direct conflict with its toilet-paper stablemate—involves a farcically immoral compromise that tramples the church-state divide between news and product sales (and, worse, isn’t all that funny).—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Dolphins christened the club’s 60th season with one of the most shameful performances in franchise annals.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Despite that litigation, WB claimed that Midjourney has recently removed copyright protections in its supposedly shameful ongoing bid for profits.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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