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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Queen Elizabeth always preferred the boorish Andrew to the sensitive Charles.airmail.news, airmail.news, 23 Nov. 2024
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Naturally, the media hyped the event as Bart versus Bill, a showdown between one show’s wholesome family values and the other’s brash, boorish cynicism — the aspirational ’80s facing off against the anarchic ’90s.Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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So ridiculous the referee initially had trouble believing that anyone could be so reckless & stupid.The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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And there was no such thing ever as a bad decision or a stupid question.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 Jan. 2025
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Where DiCaprio is brash and wild and uncouth, Gladstone is understated, filled with a deep sadness but also a well of light and humor.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Masters of None The practice of interviewing government officials became commonplace in the United States by the 1880s, but was considered uncouth in parts of Europe through the end of the First World War.Harper's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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As vice-president, Kamala Harris was generally regarded as unimpressive and slightly clownish, with her banal repetitions and too-frequent outbursts of too-exuberant laughter.Avi Nelson, Boston Herald, 30 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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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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Some might consider this observation churlish when her biggest rival, ITV, was criticized for abandoning the playing field on Christmas Day after scheduling a parade of repeats.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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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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The vast majority of females in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by the various characters and the narrator.Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Classless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classless. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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