as in notorious
not respectable
disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies
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Recent Examples of disgraceful
Along with being a barbaric and disgraceful method of caring for people with severe mental illness, jails are not a long-term option.
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Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025
That Watson will still be here, and Stefanski could be gone, is disgraceful, but that’s the perfect word to summarize the Browns over the last 25 years.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
But using people experiencing homelessness as political props is disgraceful.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Continue reading … KEEPING IT CLOSED – Democrats have 'disgraceful moment' in government shutdown as small businesses suffer.
—FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025
That Watson will still be here, and Stefanski could be gone, is disgraceful, but that’s the perfect word to summarize the Browns over the last 25 years.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
But using people experiencing homelessness as political props is disgraceful.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Continue reading … KEEPING IT CLOSED – Democrats have 'disgraceful moment' in government shutdown as small businesses suffer.
—FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
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Shortly after his arrival, the crypto market went into free fall following the implosion of a notorious stablecoin project called Terra Luna.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Officials say the wait will be worth it because the old bridge is notorious for delays.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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While everyone may argue how the infamous snap wouldn't have happened had Peter just stuck to the original plan, his thirst for vengeance takes over.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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The upshot of all of this is that Kennedy, who outside of Canada couldn’t have been picked out of a lineup of tourists, is now infamous.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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Also, Wasserman in recent weeks assured individuals at his company and LA28, that besides the 2002 humanitarian trip with Epstein, there was nothing more to come from his involvement with the shady financier and his procurer Maxwell.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Some turned to a shady, largely unregulated corner of the financial world.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
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Now, new emails have revealed how some notable figures were well aware of Epstein’s sensitivity around his criminal past.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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McCarthy warned that being too quick to bring untested criminal cases against political adversaries risks damaging institutional legitimacy regardless of which party is in power.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Feb. 2026
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Cooperation feels not only impossible, but immoral.—
Joe Palaggi,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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This also underlines how the admirably, anti-tank Heat are being asked to save civilization, protect The Republic, maintain a sense of morality in an immoral world and protect our children’s tomorrow from an accelerated descent into nihilism.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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There are so many reasons to be mad; the mostly baseless and endless attacks on higher education, the dismantling of life-saving research, ICE, the subverting of policy that redresses shameful social harms.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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This is shameful that the public can not mourn the deaths of these poor souls.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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