How to Use undignified in a Sentence

undignified

adjective

• The curtain falls to the floor with an undignified flounce.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 1 Dec. 2022
• Not that there's anything undignified about cut-outs and mesh, but that's just not her vibe.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Nov. 2022
• Yet some of us (the squares) find this distasteful—an undignified kind of life.
  — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
• Getting in and out of the rear when sleeping is a bit undignified, but that’s the cost of napping in your car really.
  — Jordan Golson, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2018
• The display of age-shock often feels cheap and a little undignified.
  — Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• Inside, the drones themselves were lined up in an undignified row, their tails in the air and their bellies exposed.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 13 Apr. 2018
• But those who live in the park dismissed the short-term shelter system as unsafe and undignified.
  — Ashraf Khalil, ajc, 16 Feb. 2023
• But Alibaba’s run on the U.S. stock exchange could soon come to an undignified end.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022
• Sticky hands are thrown, leaves fly, and one frog tosses the other over his shoulder in an undignified manner.
  — Erin Berger, Outside Online, 30 Apr. 2021
• The only aspect that drags the watch down is the default strap, which is just an undignified rubberized workout band.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2022
• Gay was released in an undignified way after rotting on the vine and being subject to vile racial attacks.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
• But the sad reality is many like Smitty will meet an undignified death.
  — Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2022
• After all, the king of beasts would never be caught doing anything as undignified as coughing up a hairball.
  — National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2018
• And there will always be something a bit undignified about hearing that basement door open and then a parent yelling something down.
  — Jack Butler, National Review, 4 Apr. 2020
• This is not laugh-out-loud humor, although the scene where one of Live's now-undead victims revives in the most undignified way possible comes close.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2021
• Steven Colbert and Anderson Cooper may have made a bad joke or acted a bit undignified.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 May 2017
• And there is nothing more undignified and dehumanizing than stripping a girl of her freedom to live a full life.
  — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 29 Oct. 2018
• Some people consider eating at the sink to be sad, shameful, or undignified.
  — Stephen Lurie, Bon Appétit, 4 June 2021
• Does this seem like an undignified topic for a respectable science website?
  — Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2020
• Some have described the shock of watching airport screeners pull the urn from their bag and plunk it down in an undignified manner on the X-ray conveyer belt for all the other travelers to see.
  — Washington Post, 24 July 2019
• Hernandez came to, embarrassed and undignified, and staggered to his feet.
  — Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2013
• The hanging had been closed to the media; the video exposed a vengeful and undignified execution at odds with official reports.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2022
• Copper busts and statues lay scattered outside on the ground in undignified positions next to assorted office chairs and ripped up copies of the civil code.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
• Otherwise, the non-stop ka-ching-ing likely would create an undignified racket that would rise above the hushed crowds surrounding focused golfers.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
• Tanking is undignified, a legal but unsavory form of gaming the system.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2022
• She dresses and behaves like a demure preppy debutante because playing the brat is undignified.
  — Colin Covert, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2018
• For wheelchair users, taking a trip that involves flying can often be an undignified hassle.
  — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 8 June 2023
• The Koscielny Method is wholly undignified and not to be recommended.
  — SI.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• The Iconfactory have long served, much digital ink has been spilled in eulogizing both pieces of software out of respect of their sudden and undignified demise.
  — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• There’s pride in the dignity of those officers in these undignified times, and in how vividly their plain-spoken courage and professionalism brings to life the wider value of public service.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024