undignified
adjective
un·dig·ni·fied
ˌən-ˈdig-nə-ˌfīd 
: not dignified : lacking in dignity or injurious to dignity
undignified behavior
She did not exactly fall, but she staggered and reeled across the room in a very undignified fashion …—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery… she could not get over the idea that to earn her living was somewhat undignified …—Somerset Maugham
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Part of its role was to rehabilitate drug addicts using a naval regimen—a noble yet undignified service for a generation-defining yacht.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Waite, a Family Guy writer, posits plenty of amusing observations and wild exaggerations in this breezy gift book about all the undignified, likely, and unlikely ways that one could suddenly get gotten.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Mescal’s Lucius is a runty hero, Denzel’s undignified hamminess falls short of Shakespearean grandeur, and only the small roles — the surprisingly noble Pascal and Nielsen, with her womanly stride through the dark corridors of power — achieve human dimension.
—Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Waite, a Family Guy writer, posits plenty of amusing observations and wild exaggerations in this breezy gift book about all the undignified, likely, and unlikely ways that one could suddenly get gotten.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Mescal’s Lucius is a runty hero, Denzel’s undignified hamminess falls short of Shakespearean grandeur, and only the small roles — the surprisingly noble Pascal and Nielsen, with her womanly stride through the dark corridors of power — achieve human dimension.
—Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Undignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undignified. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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