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verb

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Recent Examples of disrespect
Noun
No disrespect to the Islanders, but skating alongside two of Artturi Lehkonen, Martin Necas, Nichushkin or a healthy Landeskog could be one of the best lines he’s ever played on. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 13 June 2025 No disrespect to the freezer aisle, but our favorite veggie burger ideas start with fresh ingredients—not prefab pucks. Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 May 2025
Verb
In one early humorous scene, Bernadette forces Joshua to apologize to Sonny for disrespecting the older driver during a press conference. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025 Trump’s disregard and disrespect for our troops were also on display in Los Angeles. Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for disrespect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrespect
Verb
  • Heard believed someone behind him insulted him, leading to him shooting Betker Jr. multiple times, according to court documents.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
  • Financially blacklisting trans, intersex, and non-binary perspectives will rob us of a vital literature yet to be written while insulting the dignity of LGBTQIA+ people everywhere.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Isn’t the point that Texans, Floridians and Tennesseans disdain big government, and by extension, would like to control it more?
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • The reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd has given way to a backlash and a president who disdains efforts at equality, complains of anti-white prejudice and purges powerful Black men and women in the name of a mythical colorblind society.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Some parents worry that Alexa's high tolerance for rudeness instills poor behavior in their kids, according to Quartz.
    Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In many workplaces—where candor is praised but sometimes mistaken for rudeness—the line between authenticity and tact becomes incredibly thin.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • While some Hollywood studios such as Lionsgate and Blumhouse have collaborated with AI companies, others have been reluctant to announce partnerships at the risk of offending talent that have voiced concerns over how AI could be used to alter their digital likeness without adequate compensation.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025
  • The LinkedIn feed is full of safe, vanilla content because everyone's scared to offend.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Stone, specifically, wrote that Amazon executives knew something was up once helicopters, which Bezos famously hated, became an obsession of his.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 June 2025
  • That narrative that got spun into, 'Oh, the vets hate the rookies.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Co-written by Mustard, the searing Drake diss spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, swept all five of its Grammy nominations, and became the first-ever rap song to spend 52 consecutive weeks on Billboard’s marquee singles chart.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 June 2025
  • If an artist could successfully sue over a diss, would that bring about the last of label-supported (and thus widely heard) diss records?
    Touré, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Californians should be outraged at such fragrant violations of the law, and of Californians’ right to privacy, by police agencies.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
  • Trump has dismissed the idea that his calls for Newsom’s arrest have provided the governor with a political advantage by outraging Democrats, despite his own arrests helping him during last year’s election.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Centrists despised the deep cuts to programs for the poor and elderly.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 1 July 2025
  • Many of them love their country but despise what the regime has turned it into.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025

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“Disrespect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrespect. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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