unsoldierly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsoldierly
Adjective
  • The twists and tussles multiply from here on out, with the amiable, Petula Clark-loving Mady forced to undergo an action-hero transformation overnight.
    Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • That shortlist provided constant fodder for conversation, and threatened to overwhelm the typical amiable pre-screening chatter about the actual program of films.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Secret Societies and the Fight for Black Freedom Dating to the pre-Revolutionary era, mutual aid and benevolent societies supported Black Americans and the fight for civil rights and justice.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Steves, with his impeccable recommendations, sensible budgeting options, and gently corny prose style, has served as the benevolent fairy godfather on more than one trip for me.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • According to festival founder Lee Schrager, the move makes sense: the consistent popularity of competitive television shows there’s an appetite for good-natured rivalries.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
  • In the 2016 version, Doug goes from fish out of water to a good-natured, neighborly type who manages to find common ground with others on the game show.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The genial duo stripped away even more of the armor on its latest album, On a Trip, released at the end of January.
    Elias Leight, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The genial informality of the gathering, however, was another way in which Gunn and Safran are setting DC Studios apart from Marvel — and how just about every other major studio manages information about their marquee movie franchises.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The then–relatively unknown Hackman played Buck Barrow, the easygoing older brother to Warren Beatty’s bank robber Clyde.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
  • For years, consumers outside Spain dismissed Cava as an easygoing, mass-market sparkling wine rather than a serious, age-worthy alternative to Champagne.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Macron has been cordial to Trump since the Republican was elected in November.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Despite being a simple two-ingredient cocktail on paper, the right cordial is crucial.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • He is known for being affable but clashed with ex-manager Julen Lopetegui at half-time in the 1-1 draw against Brentford in September.
    Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Playing Toru, her romantic interest, is the affable Major Curda, who is everything Kisa is not — loose-limbed, playful and joyous.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Highly personable and ingratiating but with a tough core, Walters withstood critiques about the softness of her interrogatory style with celebrities and sometimes major political figures as well.
    Carmel Dagan, Variety, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Smith’s tone was self-conscious and ingratiating—at times, obsequious.
    Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2022
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“Unsoldierly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsoldierly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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