as in notorious
not respectable
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
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Recent Examples of shameful
To erase this chapter of American history would have been shameful.
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Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Silence in the face of this catastrophe is immoral and shameful.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Betting in baseball is particularly shameful given the league’s history with the Black Sox (1919) and Pete Rose (1990) scandals and given that betting on games played by one’s own team can trigger a lifetime ban.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
The former president set the works in motion last month with the shameful pardon of his son.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
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Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Silence in the face of this catastrophe is immoral and shameful.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Betting in baseball is particularly shameful given the league’s history with the Black Sox (1919) and Pete Rose (1990) scandals and given that betting on games played by one’s own team can trigger a lifetime ban.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
The former president set the works in motion last month with the shameful pardon of his son.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
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Related article New bird flu infections in Nevada dairy cattle signal the virus may be here to stay Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people.—
Alexandra M. Lord,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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The Survivor alum lied about his grandmother dying in a notorious, pivotal moment on the Pearl Islands season of the show in 2003, attempting to drum up sympathy from his fellow players.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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In 1997, nothing was known about Puffy’s now infamous private behavior.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2025
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The water on one side of the beach and the Pacific Coast Highway on the other help impede fire spread, but strong gusts—like last month’s infamous Santa Ana winds—can still toss embers and flaming debris across the highway.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2025
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More and more people are seeing it as a chill, wellness thing rather than something shady or taboo.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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If your yard is shady, for example, think ahead to find a plant that does not require full sun.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
2 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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Steve Bannon has discussed with New York state prosecutors a potential plea deal in its criminal case charging the longtime ally of President Donald Trump with defrauding donors to a southern border wall, according to media reports.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, has accepted almost $300,000 to support his criminal defense.—
Jessica Botelho,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2025
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That accounts for the disgraceful smearing of Anthony Fauci, the nation’s most distinguished epidemiological expert until his retirement from the NIH in 2023, by Republicans who absurdly tried to blame him for creating COVID-19.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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What kids are wearing to school these days would have been disgraceful in my day.—
Matt Richtel,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameful. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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