unchivalrous

Definition of unchivalrousnext

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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
  • Yet every era also runs the risk of creating an inhumane and more unjust world.
    Pope Leo XIV, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
  • If the law produces an outcome that society finds unjust, the remedy is the legislature — not a judge deciding to rewrite the law from the bench.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Daily News, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • Similarly, having a conscience means feeling sadness or moral repulsion at the idea of taking a certain action, and those emotions entail a physiological response, a remnant of having once felt sick with guilt after committing an immoral act.
    Ted Chiang, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • Ryan Josue Rojas, 20, of Herriman, Utah, was arraigned Sunday on one count of accosting a minor for immoral purposes, Michigan State Police said.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Some unscrupulous mortgage loan originator might want to push the borrower toward FHA financing.
    Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
  • Connecticut gets a bad reputation This leads to the 1833 story of the unscrupulous Connecticut peddlers.
    Ava Berger, NPR, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • Practically all the public’s attention has been on the president and his oddball or vengeful or unprincipled actions.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • How pathetically far this blithering, unprincipled piece of trash has gone to endanger other lives, to expressly distract and deflect from his own wicked deeds, and to further benefit his grifting family’s larcenously enlarged bounties.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • So much of it comes down to economics, to not being freed from unethical labor practices.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Proxy services are often used for illicit or unethical purposes such as performing DDoS attacks, running botnet command-and-control servers, operating phishing operations, and scraping website content.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • The most memorable, and notorious, moment from the race was the ignoble exit of Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • That ignoble mini-streak ends this year.
    Glen Weldon, NPR, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • In On His Own Terms, and its account of the slow-going struggles of the Rockefeller Republicans, there’s an implication that political extremism is ungentlemanly.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • Hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs and ammonia gives off notes of urine, sweat or dead fish.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
  • Then there was the rotten-egg smell.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 10 June 2026

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“Unchivalrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchivalrous. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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