unchivalrous

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Recent Examples of unchivalrous The steady unraveling of first impressions requires an unchivalrous running time of 152 minutes. David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021 Princeton is proud of these letters; Eliot’s Harvard statement—at best unchivalrous, at worst faintly homicidal—demeans them, and has cast a long, green, Eliotic shadow over their unsealing. James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2020 This isn't the first time Trump has been accused of unchivalrous conduct. Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2018 They were also viewed as ungentlemanly, a form of unchivalrous cheating – a special kind of insult for professional soldiers. Paul D. Miller, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchivalrous
Adjective
  • Reform Alliance is dedicated to finding bipartisan ways to address unjust sentencing laws that are the engine of mass incarceration.
    Jelani Cobb, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
  • It is meant as part of the system of checks and balances, to serve as an emergency backstop against unjust court proceedings.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Regulated sportsbooks find gambling on minors immoral in some respects, but you guys don’t.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In a 2022 Pew Research Center study, growing numbers of Americans said members of the other party are dishonest, immoral and closed-minded.
    Rachel Carlson, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The Biden-era regulation, issued in April, aims to rein in conflicts of interest that may taint investment recommendations from unscrupulous advisors, brokers or insurance agents.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
  • This macabre task led me to some of the internet's most unscrupulous corners, and required me to expend vast resources—both human and monetary—to source and acquire the means of execution.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Objective voters who watched the recent documentary about Lev Parnas, once a Trump ally, should fear a redux of a Cabinet running the government for an angry, unhinged, unprincipled man.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
  • All of this coincided with a period of unprincipled practices in the media.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • What are people saying about Tony Buzbee? While Buzbee has represented several clients, some are pointing out that Buzbee's work is supposedly unethical at times.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This isn’t so much about unethical people doing bad things, but rather a focus on how elevating character alongside competence strengthens all decisions.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Anything can happen, but polling trends increasingly suggest that the presidency of Donald Trump, which has itself seemed like an eternity to many, may be heading to its ignoble end.
    Christopher R. Hill, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2020
  • In fact, the abrupt and ignoble death of his fan-favorite character, the hunky werewolf Alcide Herveaux, early in the final season of the HBO show left him eager to make up for it.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • However, much of Keaton’s dialogue comes at such a fast clip, his ungentlemanly implications may go over young audience members’ heads.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
  • None too pleased to see the guys fighting in such an ungentlemanly manner outside his shop, the all-too-proper proprietor, Christof (Warburton), appears at the door wearing a tweed vest, bowtie and old-timey flat cap.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 July 2024
Adjective
  • Others rely on odor, such as predator urine, that frightens them away from the area or a bad smell from rotten eggs that simply discourages them.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The two of them are on the world’s most rotten ship and must go down together.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024

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“Unchivalrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchivalrous. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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