beneath contempt
idiom
: completely bad or worthless
—used to describe someone or something that is too bad to deserve any respect
She's a liar who is beneath contempt.
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To the Southern mind during Reconstruction, to bloody a shirt was perhaps bad, but to wave that bloodied shirt was beneath contempt.
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Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022
For a while, country music was considered beneath contempt.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2021
Beyond or beneath contempt?
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
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Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022
For a while, country music was considered beneath contempt.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2021
Beyond or beneath contempt?
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
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“Beneath contempt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beneath%20contempt. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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