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Recent Examples of reprehensibly
It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.
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Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehensibly
Adverb
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The right drug given to the right patient at the right time is great, but the same drug can be inappropriately given, causing harm.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Nov. 2025
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Oh was accused of inappropriately touching an unidentified actress on multiple occasions between August and September 2017.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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This picture book is immersive, evoking the itch of a sweater or the satisfying softness of a banana (as opposed to other intolerably crunchy snacks).—
Sara Rowe Mount,
Parents,
15 Oct. 2025
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Forcing the population into intolerably small areas.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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An influential conservative Christian lobbying group in Boise falsely claimed that a drag performer indecently exposed himself during a performance in North Idaho, a judge ruled last week.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Acknowledging its decision to err on the side of caution, Anthropic said Fable 5’s safety-first approach might incorrectly flag harmless requests as being suspicious for less than 5% of queries.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Safety features Of course, knives can be dangerous when used incorrectly.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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Thus, with those over the age of 33 consigned to ashy nothingness, and everyone else expecting to only live a few more years, the world of Clair Obscur is almost unbearably strange and sad, suffused with a genuinely desolate eeriness.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2025
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Strong but never exploitative or lingering, these moments include the mass slaughter of innocent civilians on the banks of the Yangtze river and an almost unbearably tense passage involving a crying baby on a crowded street.—
Richard Kuipers,
Variety,
18 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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More rapt, more heartbroken, more rattled by the harrowing questions presented by the long, slow, terribly seductive suicide humanity seems bent on carrying out via technology.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
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Seeing people walking their dogs in West Park on the North Side is not terribly uncommon.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Film is a cultural industry, but the insiders are horribly out of touch with culture.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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Colombia defender Andres Escobar’s sliding attempt at a clearance went horribly awry and into his own net in what became a 2-1 defeat.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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As Gatsby, tall and dashing Jake David Smith at first comes off as mannered and even unsuitably comical.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Reprehensibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehensibly. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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