UNTOWARDNESS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

untowardness

noun

as in unfitness

the quality or state of not being socially proper the untowardness of the politically biased speech raised some eyebrows at the charity fund-raiser

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Noun

Not just shame but gross unfitness for serving in a role at a state university.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Musk attempted to color Altman as a uniquely unsuitable supervisor of this technology, but this invariably invited further scrutiny into his own abject unfitness for the role.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 20 May 2026

Definition of unfitness

Noun

The board's vague message didn't point to specific administrators or specific instances of disrespect.

— Aubrey Wright, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
No disrespect to the players themselves, Burns said, but Dallas showing that level of concern this close to the start of the season is noteworthy.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of disrespect

Noun

Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ongoing satirical series at first appalled many viewers with its resolute political incorrectness and penchant for four-letter words from the mouths of babes, and that was nowhere more evident than in Cartman himself.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
That, however, is nothing now compared to the far larger incorrectness of the rulers of a significant number of the most powerful nations on earth.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of incorrectness

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