unchivalrous

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Recent Examples of unchivalrous The steady unraveling of first impressions requires an unchivalrous running time of 152 minutes. David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021 This isn't the first time Trump has been accused of unchivalrous conduct. Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2018 They were also viewed as ungentlemanly, a form of unchivalrous cheating – a special kind of insult for professional soldiers. Paul D. Miller, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchivalrous
Adjective
  • So the investors are suing her and Joggy for securities fraud, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, breach of contract and more.
    Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One month later, District Attorney Bernie Cantorna dismissed the murder charge, saying a retrial would be both impossible and unjust.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But what first sounded the Republic’s death knell, before Hitler ever became Chancellor, were unscrupulous politicians hostile to the Republic, who were willing to use political violence to do away with democratic institutions.
    Time, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Scorpios are determined for greatness and will do anything to achieve that status — even things that are unscrupulous and vengeful.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the past, that’s opened small businesses to frivolous lawsuits filed by unprincipled lawyers that file massive lawsuits and offer quick settlements.
    Erica Goldstein, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Rule by ‘ambitious, and unprincipled men’ Partisanship is the primary problem for the American republic, according to Washington.
    Robert A. Strong, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In another nod to Scream, Cheri Oteri parodies Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers as the comically unethical news anchor Gail Hailstorm.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Another 158 investigations involved allegations of physical assault, drug use or discriminatory comments, among other unethical behavior.
    Danielle DuClos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Jets recently saw their local deliveries plummet to an ignoble 4.5 rating, which translates to a meager 350,530 Gang Green households tuning in to WBCS-2.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Its central character, Chevy Chase's Clark W. Griswold, is a dopey dad trying to keep it together amid an escalating series of exasperating frustrations and ignoble temptations.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, much of Keaton’s dialogue comes at such a fast clip, his ungentlemanly implications may go over young audience members’ heads.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
  • None too pleased to see the guys fighting in such an ungentlemanly manner outside his shop, the all-too-proper proprietor, Christof (Warburton), appears at the door wearing a tweed vest, bowtie and old-timey flat cap.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 July 2024
Adjective
  • But toss everything into a cauldron and the end result is a rotten stew of the Beavers’ own making.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Truly rotten pumpkins also don't make good toys or feed for wildlife—whether the wildlife around your home or as feed or entertainment for animals at the zoo or local farm—though pumpkins that are just softening are ideal for this role.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Unchivalrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchivalrous. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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