as in notorious
not respectable
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
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Recent Examples of shameful
To erase this chapter of American history would have been shameful.
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Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Silence in the face of this catastrophe is immoral and shameful.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Betting in baseball is particularly shameful given the league’s history with the Black Sox (1919) and Pete Rose (1990) scandals and given that betting on games played by one’s own team can trigger a lifetime ban.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
The former president set the works in motion last month with the shameful pardon of his son.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
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Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Silence in the face of this catastrophe is immoral and shameful.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Betting in baseball is particularly shameful given the league’s history with the Black Sox (1919) and Pete Rose (1990) scandals and given that betting on games played by one’s own team can trigger a lifetime ban.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
The former president set the works in motion last month with the shameful pardon of his son.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameful
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In Bucha, a Ukrainian suburb that was the site of a notorious massacre, residents worried that they had been abandoned.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Perkins did, however, take inspiration from one of the most notorious unsolved murder cases in history: the death of JonBenét Ramsey.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The water on one side of the beach and the Pacific Coast Highway on the other help impede fire spread, but strong gusts—like last month’s infamous Santa Ana winds—can still toss embers and flaming debris across the highway.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2025
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On Saturday evening, Chanel once again co-hosted a glamorous evening with Charles Finch at the infamous and lavish Mayfair club 5 Hertford Street.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2025
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Though, with the man known as Kingpin, his political aspirations are likely just an extension of those shady dealings.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Like who would ever meet in a bathroom, that's so insanely shady.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Even though the Hamas charter directly calls for the murder of all Jews, all people must speak out against the immoral proposal to force an entire population into exile.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Mann Act criminalizes transporting people across state lines for immoral purposes.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Startled awake in present-day Los Angeles, Ted begins his morning at the offices of Black Lane, a law firm he and his friend, criminal defense attorney Stuart Lane (Josh McDermitt), launched more than a decade ago.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
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Some 18,500 people, or 44%, of those in ICE custody in mid-February had a criminal conviction or pending charges.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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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
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What kids are wearing to school these days would have been disgraceful in my day.—
Matt Richtel,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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