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not respectable
disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies
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Recent Examples of disgraceful
The tribal vilification of the Japanese during WWII facilitated support for the internment of 120,000 Japanese and American citizens in concentration camps, marking one of the most disgraceful eras in America’s history.
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Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2025
Quite frankly, those headlines are disgraceful.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
That accounts for the disgraceful smearing of Anthony Fauci, the nation’s most distinguished epidemiological expert until his retirement from the NIH in 2023, by Republicans who absurdly tried to blame him for creating COVID-19.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Utterly disgraceful behaviour towards a man minding his own business.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2025
Quite frankly, those headlines are disgraceful.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
That accounts for the disgraceful smearing of Anthony Fauci, the nation’s most distinguished epidemiological expert until his retirement from the NIH in 2023, by Republicans who absurdly tried to blame him for creating COVID-19.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Utterly disgraceful behaviour towards a man minding his own business.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
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Holan described the Wayfair child trafficking hoax as one of the most notorious cases of a campaign of disinformation against a company.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Escape from ‘The Rock’ On June 11, 1962, three prisoners escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison, a former US military base located on a small island off the coast of San Francisco.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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But aside from obliquely blaming us for perpetuating the couch-jump controversy, The Final Reckoning is also a reminder of what that infamous moment was really all about: love.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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From his infamous beef with former New York Jets star Mark Gastineau to his involvement in one of the biggest public fraud cases in history, UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre explores it all.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Patti LuPone had a shady reaction to questions about Audra McDonald in a new interview.—
Joey Nolfi Published,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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John Frankenheimer’s gritty heist flick is packed with shifting loyalties, shady motives and not one, but two, figure-skating set pieces.—
Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo,
Footwear News,
26 May 2025
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Local business owners are complaining about threats and extortion from criminal groups in Morelos.—
Nathaniel Parish Flannery,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The department on Thursday published a list of the jurisdictions and said each one will receive formal notification that the government has deemed them noncompliant and if they're believed to be in violation of any federal criminal statutes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
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Researchers also noted the chatbot engaging in other potentially disturbing—though not necessarily immoral—behavior.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
24 May 2025
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Suggesting that being out of work is immoral, as opposed to the conditions that contribute to people’s ability to work and live, might be a more appropriate source of anxiety.—
Lauren Coulman,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The 2021 withdrawal was unacceptably chaotic and bloody, the takeover by the Taliban shameful, but that war is now over.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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For birth families, relinquishing a child was not only shameful but a badge of poverty.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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