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Recent Examples of undignified
Last weekend’s loss to the Tennessee Titans was comically undignified, but at least the other two came against good teams (San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks).
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
One gets the sense of a male playwright feeling uncomfortable about the possibility of making a female character look undignified — but Ibsen’s own satire gets us past that.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
But having to hold on to the subway wall for fear of getting pushed onto the tracks by a crazy person is undignified too.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
The discovery requires the Army Corps to follow a process spelled out in federal law on consulting with tribes and repatriating human remains and artifacts to them as they are discovered — requirements enacted after generations of grave-robbing, exploitation and undignified treatment of such finds.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
One gets the sense of a male playwright feeling uncomfortable about the possibility of making a female character look undignified — but Ibsen’s own satire gets us past that.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
But having to hold on to the subway wall for fear of getting pushed onto the tracks by a crazy person is undignified too.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
The discovery requires the Army Corps to follow a process spelled out in federal law on consulting with tribes and repatriating human remains and artifacts to them as they are discovered — requirements enacted after generations of grave-robbing, exploitation and undignified treatment of such finds.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undignified
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Still looking for their multi-million-dollar payday, the Cascios brought back Howard King and are grasping at straws through this frivolous filing.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Due to this frivolous spending, the county now has less than two months of operating expenses on hand.—
Rebecca Jones,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Japanese quartet take Ra’s skein of electronic noise as a starting point, wrapping it in a sizzling no wave funk beat, vocals that veer between incantatory and goofy, and bewitching mandalas of chimes and gongs.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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Keno brought his goofy side to every practice, getting laughs at stinky feet jokes, or pretending to run into a door.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
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The manic, madcap, chaotic and silly stunt show was heavy on exposition to the delight of the fans who cheered the entrance of every One Piece character and laughed at the downfall of paper-thin goon.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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And so a very silly conversation leads to a series of positions that are far from frivolous.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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But many people on the right were giddy.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Afterward, thousands of giddy fans thronged the malecón, Havana’s seaside promenade, laughing and drinking rum.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Using family events to network is unseemly, if all too common.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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There was also an unseemly whiff of insider partisan horse-trading here—two Democrats for two Republicans—in a razor-close chamber.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Maduko’s resignation comes after former chancellor Terrence Cheng was removed from his position and transferred into a new role, following a 2024 audit that showed improper spending on meals, alcohol and chauffeur services.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this month, Democratic Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig said her team is tracking 20 medical cases with improper care within ICE detention.—
Beret Leone,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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According to his community of accusers, Swalwell is irredeemably, thoroughly, and violently indecent.—
John Phillips,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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This thing that brings us into the world can so quickly be deemed indecent.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Undignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undignified. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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