disgracefulness

Definition of disgracefulnessnext

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Noun
  • If Wyatt and Surrey could pen brilliant sonnets under Tudor tyranny, then certainly great art can be produced under capitalism despite its particular degradations.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Major degradation to their ability to produce the ballistic missiles that have been striking so many of their Gulf neighbors, Israel and elsewhere.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The world has gotten a glimpse of the fawning, skeezy shamelessness of his famous hangers-on, but not enough to criminally implicate them.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
  • But, in an interview given in October, 2001, Navarro attempted to fill, with what sounds like shamelessness, the gap between himself and his alter ego.
    Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement This is not the first time that Milei, who rose to power in part with attacks on the venality of Argentina’s elite, has been tarred with corruption accusations.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Humor savors an infirmity — a foible, a failing, a venality, a flaw.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • California’s profligacy in state funding during the Newsom era has been made possible by its high tax rates, as evidenced by its 48th overall ranking in the 2025 Tax Foundation’s State Tax Competitiveness Index.
    Jim Doti, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The profligacy, for sure, with Everton contriving to surrender a 1-0 lead in the space of eight remarkable second-half minutes in which defender Jake O’Brien was also sent off.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Investors who are particularly concerned about currency debasement or geopolitical instability — both of which have driven gold's price run in recent years — may also find the physical gold component meaningful.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Over and over, Colin takes stock of his own debasement.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The aluminum build is lightweight, sturdy, and handles heat dissipation well, and the 240Hz WQXGA display is bright and colorful, with crisp resolution and good contrast.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
  • These atomic motions define heat dissipation, chemical reactions and material properties.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Xi in recent years has supercharged an effort aimed at rooting out military corruption — since 2022, some 100 top officers have been dismissed or sidelined, a recent study estimated.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Political parties have pledged to amplify the voices of younger voters, promising to tackle corruption and improve governance.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre.
    Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Disgracefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgracefulness. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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