as in notorious
not respectable
disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies
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Recent Examples of disgraceful
Mays was one of the players who helped integrate baseball in the 1950s, starting his career in 1951 just four years after Jackie Robinson broke the game’s disgraceful color barrier.
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 June 2024
Considered from any angle, this was a disgraceful thing to say.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 21 June 2024
And so do the policymakers who sent the CIA on this disgraceful mission.
—Peter Kornbluh, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
Trump vehemently denied those accusations in an NBC tape and called them disgusting and disgraceful.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 June 2024
Considered from any angle, this was a disgraceful thing to say.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 21 June 2024
And so do the policymakers who sent the CIA on this disgraceful mission.
—Peter Kornbluh, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
Trump vehemently denied those accusations in an NBC tape and called them disgusting and disgraceful.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
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Bill undergoes a moral crisis when his path crosses with a wretched head nun (Emily Watson) at a convent that’s part of the notorious Magdalene Laundries — a place of severe abuse of women.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Watch on Hulu The Dropout Amanda Seyfried won a much deserved Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy for her portrayal of the notorious Stanford dropout turned health care technology maven Elizabeth Holmes, who tricked some of the world’s savviest business minds into investing in her company, Theranos.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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This infamous case represents what can happen when companies embrace AI technologies without safeguarding consumers’ data privacy rights.Greg Brunk, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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On view in the museum’s feminist wing, the exhibition surrounds Judy Chicago’s infamous Dinner Party (1974–79), which is on permanent display.Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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To avoid having to go upstairs to a guest room for nap time, the shady privacy of a cabana offers a perfect space for young children (or tired parents) to nap.Margaux Lushing, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Yang shared on his Instagram Stories in response to fans who saw it as a shady portrayal.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
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Officers conducting a preliminary investigation reviewed messages the student had left on Discord, an online chatting app used by gamers and others, and arrested the student on suspicion of making criminal threats.Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Those schools were, according to former pupils, hotbeds of cruelty and child abuse — an independent investigation in 2005 found evidence of criminal assault at the boys’ school in the 1970s and ’80s — as well as highly traditionalist values.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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McKissic writes that evangelical leaders' acceptance of Trump despite his alleged immoral conduct is hypocritical, contrasting it with their past condemnation of former President Bill Clinton's indiscretions.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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On the left, political scientists have long condemned militarized border controls as immoral, likening them to feudal controls on movement based on birthright.Alex Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Wisconsin tribal leaders applaud Biden's apology for shameful Indian boarding schools In 2020, both the Biden and Trump campaigns made efforts to address Indigenous issues.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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Not holding my breath for Mike Johnson or Elise Stefanik to state the obvious that this is unacceptable, dangerous, & shameful.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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