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Recent Examples of unchivalrous
The steady unraveling of first impressions requires an unchivalrous running time of 152 minutes.
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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
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
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Facing a brutal system throughout her incarceration – compounded by her transgender identity and HIV-positive diagnosis – Dee taught herself the law from within the prison library, working to fight an unjust system for herself and others.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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To see that relationship misrepresented so publicly has been both painful and profoundly unjust.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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And never mind that this is simply wrong, almost to the point of being immoral.—
The Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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To do so is to be tacitly complicit in what these companies know to be wrong, unethical and immoral.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Police at this point believe neither of these new notes are authentic, just an attempt by unscrupulous people to take advantage of the situation.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Tribune reports on how the legal system is failing people who have been wrongly accused of crimes and how some unscrupulous attorneys have turned the system into a gravy train for themselves.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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Some have departed the administration after interference with their work, or out of concern they may be asked to do something unethical.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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Paying sources for information is wildly unethical for a media organization.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But her flame was dimmed for far too long by one ignoble record: having the longest streak in Daytime Emmys history of nominations without a win.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Feb. 2026
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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In the fall, the adults would find rotten crescents in the harvest.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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As of Thursday night, the film had a rotten 33 percent critics’ score on Rotten tomatoes.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unchivalrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchivalrous. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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