as in notorious
not respectable
disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies
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Recent Examples of disgraceful
That accounts for the disgraceful smearing of Anthony Fauci, the nation’s most distinguished epidemiological expert until his retirement from the NIH in 2023, by Republicans who absurdly tried to blame him for creating COVID-19.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Utterly disgraceful behaviour towards a man minding his own business.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
What kids are wearing to school these days would have been disgraceful in my day.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
But, first, the President’s disgraceful Gaza plans.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Utterly disgraceful behaviour towards a man minding his own business.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
What kids are wearing to school these days would have been disgraceful in my day.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
But, first, the President’s disgraceful Gaza plans.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
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But in a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), breaks him out of jail, and the two flee to Mexico.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
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In a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Returning to Churchill after his infamous two-year-plus-one-year Churchill ban dating from Medina Spirit’s 2021 betamethasone disqualification, Baffert was buoyant about the work.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Suggestions that Marseille’s players had refused to train inevitably resurrected memories of the infamous training-ground strike at the South African resort of Knysna that contributed to the France national team’s spectacular derailment at the 2010 World Cup.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Good for a cool, shady location, the blooms are pale blue with purple shading nodding bells, 2.5 to 3 inches in diameter, and grows up to 15 feet tall.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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Imagine committing elaborate crimes to garner viral influencer attention or making connections with shady associates via the dark web.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Finally, get to grips with the fact that this dataset only includes passwords that have become publicly available in criminal forums online.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Agents were driving down Anderson Road in unmarked cars when Perez-Rodriguez allegedly walked into the roadway holding a machete, according to a criminal complaint.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Even children and adolescents express more willingness to shun and punish moral transgressors than people who do something personally obnoxious or offensive but not immoral.—
Jen Cole Wright,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Regardless of what transpired between the two cast members, on or off screen, Aspen was unfairly portrayed as an immoral character.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
11 Apr. 2025
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Then this shameful chapter of American history will end.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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Barcelona outscored Chelsea 4-1 for a second time, bringing the aggregate score over the two matches to a shameful eight goals to two for the Blues.—
Emily Olsen,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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