sportsmanly

adjective

Definition of sportsmanlynext
as in legal
following or according to the rules in wrestling, biting is not sportsmanly, and will result in a forfeit

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  1. legal
  2. moral
  3. clean
  4. fair
  5. ethical
Adjective
  • Adding to the company's legal woes, MyPillow representatives were notably absent at a court hearing last month aimed at addressing the payment dispute.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • This week's flurry of legal activity echoed Trump's efforts to delay his trial last year, with his lawyers racing to the state court system's Appellate Division on successive days, only to be denied.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of legal
Adjective
  • Instead, neo-temperates are shifting social and, yes, moral norms about alcohol by emphasizing its effects on health.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Nietzsche’s treatise criticizes philosophers who rest their moral framework on the assumption that good and evil are opposites.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of moral
Adjective
  • Flathead is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, with clean, crystalline waters cradled in the Flathead Valley by the Mission Mountains to the east and the Salish Mountains to the west.
    Deb Hopewell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The clean, bright walls along with colorful rugs and hardwood floors can seem impossible for people living in apartments.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2023
Definition of clean
Adjective
  • Unlike fact-checking journalists, however, community users are not bound by ethical guidelines to provide fair and accurate assessments.
    Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Ensure Similar Compensation For Same-Grade Jobs To ensure that the compensation is equitable, the first activity is to ensure that the grading structure itself is internally fair and externally competitive.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of fair
Adjective
  • However, effective deployment requires careful attention to ethical considerations and user privacy to ensure consumer confidence in these systems.
    Glen Robinson, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • By drawing on real-world scientific advancements and theories, the novel challenges readers to think critically about the role of technology in modern life and the ethical dilemmas that arise with innovation.
    William Mullane, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of ethical
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