disrespectful

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Recent Examples of disrespectful The professor said the event was disrespectful to Jews because pork is not kosher, and the event fell on Sukkot, a major Jewish holiday, as well as Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 Teaching the history of the Jayhawkers and Tigers is fine; using them to talk trash in the sports realm is disrespectful and embarrassing. — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Many female athletes criticized the ad on social media and called it disrespectful to women. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Ella didn’t respond to me and continues to write more disrespectful posts. — Abigail Van Buren, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 Dolly, of course, would never have dreamed of being so disrespectful. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026 There was absolutely no malicious or disrespectful intent behind the notation. — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 The Oculus mall was replacing the old Mall at the World Trade Center destroyed on 9/11, and some felt that any commercialization of the WTC site was disrespectful. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026 Inventing fake cowboys with drama would be disrespectful to the real cowboys who live drama-free at the Four Sixes to this day, according to Sheridan. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrespectful
Adjective
  • Painfully aware of this, Shawn waited for one of the drunk old men to comment, heckle, make one of those incomprehensible jokes that drew rude laughter from adults.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • By the same token, French-style discretion can be interpreted by American visitors as inattentive and rude.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Some do this flippantly, but reader Robin suggested drivers who do this do not care and are flat-out discourteous.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Jan. 2026
  • In 2014, he was found to have been discourteous and used force.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Disrespectful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrespectful. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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