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Adjective
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All hate crimes are reprehensible.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Repressed and lingering scars from childhood can certainly cause pain for entire communities and be a catalyst for terrible and reprehensible behaviors.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Another recurring feature of the biggest asset booms is outright chicanery, such as fraudulent accounting, the marketing of worthless securities, and plain old stealing.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Marks drew a parallel to the late 1990s internet boom, which promised to transform the world — and ultimately did — yet left a trail of worthless companies in its wake.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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For now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the press the company doesn’t want to break user trust by recommending unworthy apps.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By the way, the search for waste, fraud and abuse — call it WFA — has a long and discreditable history.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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Any review of these discreditable events requires recognition of an antidote to this foolishness.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Your job is to break up the wrecks of massive ships and space hulks, carving them apart to release valuable components which can be reused or recycled at huge profits by your despicable space overlords.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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This kind of violence in a place of worship is despicable.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The death of Pope Francis, sadly, has not escaped the attention of these truly contemptible criminals.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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At the time, some of LeBron’s critics saw this as contemptible.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Browns have scored the second-fewest points in the NFL, ahead of only the pitiful Tennessee Titans.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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On the side of the highway, Wilson cuts a pitiful, solitary figure.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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So who was responsible for the deplorable run defense in Sunday’s 27-24 loss, a game in which Carolina No. 2 back Rico Dowdle scampered for 206 yards on 9.0 per carry?—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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The path of rightness only belongs to those on the Left, just ask a liberal, and anyone not on board is a deplorable, fascist, Nazi or whatever else is in their progressive Mad Libs glossary.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Illaudable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illaudable. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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