as in reprehensible
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Adjective
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In the way that Kleenex has become interchangeable with tissue, McCarthyism, for many, is an eponym for the unjust, reprehensible use of political power.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026 -
And if audiences or critics wish to reach for contemporary parallels drawn from other examples of reprehensible violence?—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The conventional newsgathering institutions have been worthless in getting to the bottom of anything, especially the billion-dollar why question.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
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Google, ChatGPT, Alexa and every other AI toy are all equally worthless here.—
Mac Engel
March 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And, yeah, it’s run by unworthy—the clowns are the best one.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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There should be no leaks about players who the National Football League and its 32 teams may deem unworthy of representing their shield or logo for some gray area in their scouting report.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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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As Katie, her behavior was despicable.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2026
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And all of our city leaders must speak up to condemn this despicable attack.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Your death was preventable, unjust, tragic, and contemptible; utterly contemptible.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Reuniting with their Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid director George Roy Hill, Newman and Redford play con men out to ruin a contemptible gangster (Robert Shaw), devising an elaborate scam with plenty of twists, turns, contrivances, and double crosses.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
15 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Gallup reached only 50,000 people, a pitiful fraction of The Literary Digest’s awe-inspiring mailbag.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Mercy came via a bye week, the pitiful Raiders and an inept Cowboys defense.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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And to me, that was deplorable.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The leadership turnover comes at a critical juncture, with the county struggling to increase staffing at the jail, which is under a legal agreement with the Department of Justice to improve deplorable conditions there.—
Cassidy Alexander,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Illaudable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illaudable. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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