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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The Balboa Peninsula, which Stapleton represents on the council, has historically been an infamous hot spot for public drinking, disruptive parties and brawls throughout the summer and especially during the Fourth of July.
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The infamous Cristiano Ronaldo bust leads the list of sports statutes that have received less-than-flattering reviews.
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The weather service also cautions the heat index is calculated for shady areas only.
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That makes these networks valuable for people trying to hide mass scraping, fake ad clicks, account attacks or other shady activity.
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Guo was convicted of nine of 12 criminal charges during a seven-week trial that prosecutors said showcased his deception of thousands of investors in bogus deals that enabled Guo’s lavish lifestyle.
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In May 2025, a Placer County criminal grand jury indicted both men.
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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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Risk wasn’t shameful and failure wasn’t final here.
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Cleft palates appear not to have been treated as shameful under the Qing dynasty.
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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