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Recent Examples of dishonorable This dishonorable behavior does not represent me as a citizen of the United States. — Sandra Burk, Elmhurst Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email letters@chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025 But Trump has only barely walked back his dishonorable statements that Volodymyr ... Nr Editors, National Review, 28 Feb. 2025 Between the third and fourth rounds, Liston reportedly took a dishonorable course. Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025 Now that she’s been arrested for Harkness’ death, will William do something dishonorable to get her back? Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dishonorable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishonorable
Adjective
  • What's more, monsters like Alex Jones, the vile conspiracy theorist, claimed the shooting never happened and that the families of the victims were actors.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • His motives seemed as vile as his actions.
    Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The most notorious of these events is the shooting of Trump during a Pennsylvania campaign rally last year.
    Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Wearing shoes in the home tracks soil from outside, leaving floors dirtier and requiring more frequent sweeping.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Laptop screens get spattered, smeared, dusty, and dirty from frequent use.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Maybe not something drastic like a world war, slavery or the Holocaust, but there’s always shady s–t going on.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Meursault also starts hanging out with his shady and brutish French neighbor, Raymond (Pierre Lottin), whose abusive relationship with an Algerian girl (Hajar Bouzaouit) eventually leads to the murder.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Sean Gardner/Getty Images This comes just weeks after Zilisch suffered a nasty fall from his car in Victory Lane at Watkins Glen, which resulted in a broken collarbone.
    Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Parents pushing, people cutting lines, nasty attitudes everywhere, especially outside and in Sephora.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Office of the Inspector General launched a criminal investigation and determined the shots had been fired from where two FBI agents and an Oregon State Police officer had been standing.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Abrego was brought back in June to face criminal charges of transporting migrants living in the United States illegally.
    Ted Hesson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Dishonorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishonorable. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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