as in notorious
not respectable
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
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Recent Examples of shameful
The school opened in 1879, starting a dark and shameful period in U.S. history known as the Indian boarding school era.
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Policymakers should embrace Kessler’s logic, all the while applying it to their shameful attempt to force a TikTok divestiture.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Romy finds her longing to be dominated not just embarrassing but also deeply shameful in light of her place as an admired public figure.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Welcome to the era of the pimple patch, where blemishes aren’t shameful secrets to conceal but just part of the human experience.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Policymakers should embrace Kessler’s logic, all the while applying it to their shameful attempt to force a TikTok divestiture.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Romy finds her longing to be dominated not just embarrassing but also deeply shameful in light of her place as an admired public figure.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Welcome to the era of the pimple patch, where blemishes aren’t shameful secrets to conceal but just part of the human experience.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameful
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Here’s the loyal captain of the Praetorian Guard, subduing the notorious radical-left lunatic . . .Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
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The venue, which resembled an old and abandoned warehouse is notorious for problematic audio reflections which aggravated the issue.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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That infamous 1911 disaster in Greenwich Village took the lives of 146 garment workers—123 of them women, and many, adolescents, some as young as 14.Fiona Alison Duncan, ARTnews.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Daley ran the infamous Cook County Democratic machine that helped elect John F. Kennedy.Michael Graff, Axios, 29 Dec. 2024
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Image On a recent muggy Saturday morning, a few dozen people — from restless children and lanky teenagers to men and women in their 50s and 60s — flocked to the shady overpass.María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Then there’s Ferrer’s arm surfacing in the last episode, which has to be going somewhere, and now Deb’s entanglement with a shady new character.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Our state and local leaders are the last defense against unconstitutional and immoral federal policies.Murad Awawdeh, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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This is perhaps the most immoral aspect of watching members of Congress downplay the impact of melting polar caps or having presidential debates in which the topic of global warming is handled like an afterthought.LZ Granderson, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The State Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal case in December regarding the management of the brigade, which has experienced high levels of desertion and issues related to staffing and management.Marc Santora, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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In what has been billed as America’s largest-ever criminal investigation, at least 1,572 defendants have been charged in the Jan. 6 attack, according to Reuters, with crimes ranging from unlawfully entering restricted grounds to seditious conspiracy and violent assault.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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This allegation is both absurd and disgraceful, as well as entirely unethical.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Fani Willis disqualified over disgraceful relationship w/ fellow prosecutor on Trump case Amber Duke and Kevin Walling react to the removal of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump.The Hill, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameful. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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