as in notorious
not respectable
disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies
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Recent Examples of disgraceful
The decision to go after families in safe places sends a disgraceful message that threatens to emotionally scar young children whose families may be deported and other young children caught up in the crossfire.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
These claims willfully ignore WHO’s disgraceful record.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
That stunt moved his fellow City Council members to censure him in a 6-3 vote, calling his questionable posting unauthorized, insensitive and disgraceful.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
These included disgraceful commutations of 37 death row inmates (while leaving in place the three capital cases brought and defended by the Obama and Biden administrations), and thousands of sentencing reductions that are another abuse of the pardon power.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
These claims willfully ignore WHO’s disgraceful record.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
That stunt moved his fellow City Council members to censure him in a 6-3 vote, calling his questionable posting unauthorized, insensitive and disgraceful.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
These included disgraceful commutations of 37 death row inmates (while leaving in place the three capital cases brought and defended by the Obama and Biden administrations), and thousands of sentencing reductions that are another abuse of the pardon power.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
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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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Mansory, infamous modifier of cars, turns its attention to the Tesla Cybertruck.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s now infamous phone call with Vladimir Putin was still three days away, to say nothing of the diplomatic scramble that followed and is still playing out.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
28 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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What shady business is Timothy up to, and why was he so rattled by that phone call from the Wall Street Journal reporter asking questions about a former colleague in Brunei?—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Nationwide, younger people are more likely to be arrested but California's aging population means fewer individuals in the age groups most associated with criminal activity.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
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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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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Our first contender for most shameful red card of the day is Milan full-back Theo Hernandez, who hit the deck after non-existent contact — and that’s being kind — from Feyenoord’s Givairo Read (above).—
Ali Rampling,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Though when has a shameful past ever stopped anyone getting elected in the United States?—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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