unbusinesslike

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Recent Examples of unbusinesslike But your attempt to cajole lightly was unbusinesslike. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbusinesslike
Adjective
  • The term unprofessional is a product of the patriarchy.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Long gone are the days of using clear misspellings, unprofessional website design and fishy email domains as reliable identifiers for online scams.
    The Summit Daily, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Notably, the inspector general's review said there was no evidence that the investigations were influenced by politics or other improper considerations.
    Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The final ingredient of the DOGE cocktail is the potential improper conduct of the entity itself.
    Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • Rattled, a weakened Agatha argues that taking her out in this mortal state is undignified.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • All that’s there is an artless effort to provoke outrage — Tony Hinchcliffe with the world’s strongest Boston accent.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The effort of analyzing this video, a piece of artless misinformation, was beneath Abu Hamdan, who has dedicated himself to unveiling the violence of the world through the medium of sound.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Adjective
  • If a fake time limit is being used, that’s often frowned upon by insiders who would shame those developers undertaking such an unseemly route.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Jorge López Released by the New York Mets after an unseemly outburst on the field that López almost immediately regretted, the veteran righty has been a dominant force for the Cubs.
    Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.
    al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Because there are more good people than indecent ones.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023

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“Unbusinesslike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbusinesslike. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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