UNCHIVALROUS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

unchivalrous

adjective

Definition of unchivalrous

as in unjust

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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

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The anchor’s legal complaint can be traced back to Weber’s 2018 lawsuit, in which Weber sued the anchor and her former partner James Bruce Taylor (the father of Burch’s son) for common count, fraud, conspiracy and unjust enrichment.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
And educators must stand in opposition to the recent round of confusing and unjust immigration policies.

— Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of unjust

Adjective

Convince people that an innocent person represents an existential threat, furnish them with a frightening conspiracy theory about an immoral enemy, and some may become willing to kill.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
In those cases, your cause is so just that you are warranted to be immoral in protecting it.

— Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of immoral

Adjective

Some agents joined the unscrupulous agent and formed a sub-colony of cheaters.

— Noah Giansiracusa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
The district judge confined Biddy and most of the Black children in the county jail, ostensibly for their own protection from their unscrupulous enslaver.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of unscrupulous

Adjective

To avoid being a mark for unprincipled lenders, borrowers shouldn’t rush into refinancing without considering all their choices.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
That doesn't enable cunning and unprincipled men to subvert the power of the people.

— Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of unprincipled

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Talarico has sought to portray Paxton as corrupt and unethical, while Paxton has framed Talarico as a radical liberal.

— Alexis Guerrero, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Also, many families of rare disease patients spend years creating databases, known as natural history studies, so they can be used as control groups in trials instead of giving patients a placebo, which is often impractical and unethical.

— Gerry Smith, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of unethical

Adjective

The prizes’ name is a reference to Ignatius (Ig) Nobel—a fictional character said to be a distant cousin of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel, for whom the Nobel Prizes are named—and is also a pun on the word ignoble.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026

Definition of ignoble

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

Definition of ungentlemanly

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Since January 2023, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has received more than 28,000 complaints, many of which describe the foul smell as rotten, putrid and stomach-churning.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Zhang and his colleagues theorize that this reaction might help plants avoid pathogens, similar to the way unpleasant smells help animals steer clear of rotten food.

— Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2026

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