as in boorish
having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners
I object not so much to what he did as the classless way he did it
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Recent Examples of classless
Pure classless behavior right here.
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Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2021
That’s kind of a classless move.
—Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2021
That, to me, was classless from a great player.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2021
What became known as the Ivy look—full of versatile basics like T-shirts, khakis, and sports coats—was a uniform for a society that saw itself as classless, clean-cut, and optimistic.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
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Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2021
That’s kind of a classless move.
—Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2021
That, to me, was classless from a great player.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2021
What became known as the Ivy look—full of versatile basics like T-shirts, khakis, and sports coats—was a uniform for a society that saw itself as classless, clean-cut, and optimistic.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classless
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The Globes have remade themselves over the past few years, going from a model of old-school corruption (bribery, being boorish around celebrities) to a more accountable organization whose corruption now has a friendly modern face.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Set on the glamorous European island, the film follows a rag-tag band of noble thieves who steal from the boorish elite tourists that destroy their home each summer.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Wild Card with Rachel Martin Issa Rae on the belief that gets her through 'stupid mistakes and bad decisions' Lithgow: More.Rachel Martin, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
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For the people stupid enough to have trusted a midwit career bureaucrat as unscrupulous as President Joe Biden, there’s a sixth stage just before acceptance: delusion.Becket Adams, National Review, 8 Dec. 2024
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She’s still been busy, though, with all the ski trials and uncouth houseguests.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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That collab has produced six custom 1α bikes, each costing €19,900, and looking – to my uncouth eye, at least – almost exactly like standard 1α models (priced at €14,900) but with an ill-fitting and slightly fuzzy seat cover.New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2024
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Its members' firm repudiation of the unqualified and clownish Matt Gaetz for attorney general shows that its members can still stiffen their sinews and summon up the courage to curb President-elect Donald Trump's appetite for surrounding himself with sycophantic boobs.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Before news of the repression broke, many Western media stories about Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov portrayed him as a clownish dictator obsessed with his Instagram account.Layla Taimienova, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2017
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Every great festival lineup needs an eccentric art-pop groundbreaker and some loutish guys who write anthems.Al Shipley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Homer wasn’t fooling around: those who aid the beggar are rewarded, those who mistreat him—the loutish suitors who have long besieged Penelope—are killed.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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The British series, which debuted in 2022, follows Oscar winner Gary Oldman’s churlish and disheveled Jackson Lamb as the leader of a team of disgraced and disowned MI5 agents scrappily and shabbily getting the job done.Trey Williams, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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Asked about these comments, and responding to them, Tiger himself was churlish.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 July 2024
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The show was so bawdy — almost vulgar in a really fun way.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Read more Here's what else to know one week before Election Day: Trump is on damage duty: The former president's campaign is scrambling to distance itself from racist, vulgar, and sexist comments made by speakers at Trump's Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Classless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classless. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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