ungenteel
adjective
un·gen·teel
ˌən-jen-ˈtēl 
ungenteelly
adverb
… asks you to "pick up after your pet"—without being ungenteelly specific about what is to be picked up.
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Theo Dombrowski
Theo Dombrowski
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White outfits became the dress code at Wimbledon in the eighteen-eighties, because it was believed that white best masked ungenteel perspiration.
—Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
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Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
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“Ungenteel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ungenteel. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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