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Recent Examples of discourteous Lane’s complaint alleged the off-duty officers were discourteous and unprofessional and violated body-camera policies. Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023 More:Louisville Metro Police Department illegally withholding, destroying records, group says The most common complaint was that officers were rude or discourteous, which appeared on 56 of the documents. Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 30 May 2023 One officer, Mark Vaughn, faced departmental charges for unnecessary and/or excessive force and discourteous/unprofessional conduct. Sean Lahman, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022 The maxim that wearing white to a wedding is discourteous holds true today. Sarah Lyon, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for discourteous

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“Discourteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discourteous. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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