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as in nonaristocratic
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as in improper
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as in uncivilized
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Recent Examples of ungenteel
White outfits became the dress code at Wimbledon in the eighteen-eighties, because it was believed that white best masked ungenteel perspiration.
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Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
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Duran had already been charged with improper conduct for his reaction to the red card.Callum Davis, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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One of the most alarming findings comes when Matson shows gaps in the marble shower's corners, warning of potential water damage due to improper sealing.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Under the Omanis, Zanzibar grew rich selling spices, ivory, and slaves, mostly non-Muslims from the interior, whom the island’s élites derided as washenzi, or uncivilized.Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
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Forcing a woman to choose between jail and carrying her rapist's baby is uncivilized and medieval.CNN, CNN, 27 June 2022
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The Bunny Museum began as a humble endeavor back in 1998.Maxwell Williams, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article Loading your audio article All five past, present and future presidents gathered Thursday at an inspirational state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the famously folksy peanut farmer who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to become the 39th commander-in-chief.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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In his Wednesday interview on French radio, French FM Barrot suggested that Musk's interventions in European nations' domestic politics were even more inappropriate because Musk is part of President-elect Trump's government-in-waiting.Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Teen Google Maps: New security features filter out inappropriate content for kids.JiJi Lee, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2025
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Experts told PolitiFact such narratives painting Haiti as a barbarous country are not new and are racist attempts to dehumanize Haitians.Jeff Cercone, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Sep. 2024
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Treating barbarous body horror as something embedded in us deeper than the mutual love of a partner, especially when it’s done without the theatrical or exploitation trappings, makes for one of the New French Extremity’s most troubling works.Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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But on this southern front of the Trump empire, Palm Beach County, Donald Trump is flirting with ignoble defeat.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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This is something of an ignoble cap to one of the worst years of Rodgers' illustrious career.David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
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Because there are more good people than indecent ones.Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
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And so much of the first season relied on the novel horror of watching the barbaric, exploitative Squid Game play out, hoping that protagonist Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) could hold onto his humanity in the face of it all.Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
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But after the enormous success of It, a genuinely fantastic and wonderfully barbaric horror flick that managed to strike a chord with the general public despite its gore, the sequel’s budget was nearly doubled from $40 million to nearly $79 million.Travis Bean, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Ungenteel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungenteel. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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