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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undignified
Adjective
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This type of collecting is a silly, frivolous pastime!—
Lara Johnson-Wheeler,
Vogue,
31 May 2025
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California’s anti-SLAPP law protects against frivolous lawsuits.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Pair over Bluetooth, drop a shot into the app, add a collage frame or goofy sticker, and in half a minute, a wide-format print pops out.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
27 May 2025
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Willy Memnon, who is endearingly played by Coleman Ray Clark as goofy, childlike and incompetent.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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If a couple players on the Dodgers can make a silly comment, so can the owner of the Yankees.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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The artwork is silly and exaggerated to capture youngsters’ attention.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Attendees had the chance to film themselves posing against the canola field backdrop from When Life Gives You Tangerines or jumping high into the air like a giddy Thanos with the aid of a Squid Game trampoline.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Castillo’s short novel is a giddy character study of an unpleasant young male type.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Those automatic bids — the SEC would receive four, as well — are unseemly in concept but necessary in reality for the sport’s most powerful conferences.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Despite the rather unseemly elements of the Fenn hunt—more than a few weirdos stalked Fenn and his family, and one even broke into his house—Gold & Greed argues that this spirit of outdoor exploration made the ordeal worth it.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt: A 30-year-old woman from Naperville was arrested on two warrants and on charges of improper lane usage and criminal defacement of property at 2:27 a.m. May 25 in the 1500 block of Fairway Drive.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Zika is especially dangerous for pregnant women because it can be transmitted to the fetus, causing microcephaly (a smaller head), improper brain development, and cerebral palsy.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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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
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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 10 Jun. 2025.
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