undignified

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Recent Examples of undignified This was part of the challenge that Frisch talked about—pride and dignity mattered, even when people’s circumstances and behavior happened to be undignified. Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 Outraged that the jury had seemingly ignored damning video evidence, countless Angelenos—angry, frustrated, and desperate—stormed the streets in protest not merely against the verdict itself, but more broadly against poor, undignified social conditions. V.n. Trinh / Made By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025 It’s caused by a prion—a misfolded protein that causes other proteins to fold abnormally, killing cells in what can become an expanding network of cell destruction that leads to a slow and undignified death. Sophie Hartley, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2025 Lopetegui’s undignified sacking 🆙 Kinsky & Bergvall boost Spurs 🇪🇸 Barca’s Dani Olmo loophole ⚽ New balls, please? Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undignified
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undignified
Adjective
  • Numerous First Amendment lawyers agreed that the lawsuit, which alleged that CBS engaged in consumer fraud, was frivolous.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
  • After all, the Blue Origin space flight sparked widespread criticism as an instance of the ultra-rich using their vast resources for something frivolous.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Enough to hope incoming Vanderbilt recruit Chandler Bing is ready for some of the goofy questions coming his way and can pivot to basketball.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Regardless, this will be a goofy offseason, so strap in for a sea of rumors and postulations.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Using the Graham Norton hologram to tell us that the Earth was turned to ash on May 24th, 2025 is just the right kind of silly for this show.
    Ryan Woodrow, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
  • Eurovision is still too much of a silly spectacle for some, even with JJ in it.
    Alex Marshall, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The movie stars Shia LaBeouf, Patricia Arquette, and Sigourney Weaver, with Sachar maintaining the book's penchant for surprise, suspense, and giddy momentum.
    Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 10 May 2025
  • Disney’s strong quarterly results and full-year guidance raise has analysts giddy at the media giant’s prospects.
    Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Congratulations to Harvard University for fighting back against the Trump administration’s unseemly efforts to use federal dollars to try to exert unwarranted control over higher education.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Unfortunately, as is the case with many Indigenous groups, Ainu history is one marred by unseemly difficulties and erasure.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • And while ear piercing is generally safe, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) lists several adverse outcomes to improper piercing and piercing care, such as infection at the piercing site, bloodstream infections, allergic reactions, cuts and tears, and keloid formation.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 May 2025
  • Most of the improper payments in 2022 were due to unintentional mistakes by state workers or households, rather than intentional fraud, according to an analysis of the data by the left-leaning Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.
    Stephen Fowler, NPR, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • The juvenile in Canada was charged with indecent communications, uttering threats, public mischief and mischief over $5,000.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Cowan was arrested in August 2011 and charged with Daniel’s murder, indecent treatment and interfering with a corpse, the report states.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Undignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undignified. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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