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Recent Examples of unbusinesslike
But your attempt to cajole lightly was unbusinesslike.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2017
Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbusinesslike
Adjective
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Most of the complaints were about poor customer experience and unprofessional contractors.—
Jamela Adam,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The entry-level workers being dismissed as unprofessional in 2025 are the senior managers and functional leaders of 2035 and 2040.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi reinstated a similar policy in 2025 banning improper third party settlements.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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The restaurant was closed due to critical violations including improper food holding temperatures and storage techniques, lack of hand hygiene and overall poor cleanliness, city officials said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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The man who has played an oversized role in pushing a president who campaigned against costly foreign wars and chaotic regime changes to do both was brought back down to an undignified size.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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In pop culture, the representation of gay men has largely been limited to a narrow list of tragic themes and undignified caricatures, Duquette said.—
Ian Kerner 19 hr ago,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That suits the artless, unfiltered way Yo describes her life, spending a fair amount of time recollecting her own childhood.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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By contrast, Erika is a vamp, a woman whose wardrobe encompasses high fashion and BDSM — maybe this is what makes Erika choose him to be her assistant, just as her icy, dominatrix cool appeals to the refreshingly artless Elliot.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Using family events to network is unseemly, if all too common.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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There was also an unseemly whiff of insider partisan horse-trading here—two Democrats for two Republicans—in a razor-close chamber.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The post garnered nearly 200 comments, mostly calling the meme vulgar and indecent.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
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Pamela Martin, 44, and her boyfriend Christopher O’Kane, 41, both pleaded guilty in March to three counts of making an indecent image of a child, two counts of distributing an indecent image of a child, possession of an extreme pornographic image and publishing an obscene article.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Unbusinesslike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbusinesslike. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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