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Recent Examples of undignified
The crackly, award-winning biscuit ($8) shatters between your teeth and smears a somewhat undignified but welcome peck of powdered sugar on your lips.
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Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2024
Echo Park Lake Swan Boat Race Photo: Getty Images
Paddling a goofy little boat with your feet is already pretty undignified, but imagine it at a competitive pace.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
The previous three Presidents of France—Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, and François Hollande—were all failures of various, and sometimes fairly absurd and undignified, degrees.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
Here are the indie films that portray love in all its glorious kaleidoscopic refraction — in all its unconventional, mind-expanding, inconvenient and wholly undignified form.
—Maybelle Morgan, refinery29.com, 5 Feb. 2024
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Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2024
Echo Park Lake Swan Boat Race Photo: Getty Images
Paddling a goofy little boat with your feet is already pretty undignified, but imagine it at a competitive pace.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
The previous three Presidents of France—Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, and François Hollande—were all failures of various, and sometimes fairly absurd and undignified, degrees.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
Here are the indie films that portray love in all its glorious kaleidoscopic refraction — in all its unconventional, mind-expanding, inconvenient and wholly undignified form.
—Maybelle Morgan, refinery29.com, 5 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undignified
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Leaf worked with Stefanie Lambert, a Detroit lawyer who was part of the Trump team led by Sidney Powell, a conspiracy theory-espousing attorney who filed several frivolous lawsuits alleging widespread voter fraud and rigged machines that flipped votes from Trump to Biden.Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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In contrast, some pieces were more frivolous and had a dream-like quality, such as the whimsical faux feather trims seen on several jackets.Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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This story of a man (Hanks) who decides to kill himself by throwing himself into a volcano before being interrupted by a series of increasingly odd events has its own goofy rhythm that Hanks steadies and smooths out, though maybe a little too much.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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Drew Barrymore and the crew from The Talk also opted for goofy than spooky, with the Scream alum dressing up as the Queen of Halloween as The Talk hosts paid homage to some pop culture icons.Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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But while the 118 is able to save both Celeste and her mother-in-law’s final resting place, a smug Trent trips and drops the vase, an appropriate punchline to a very silly cold open.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Read more Today's talkers Take a break from the election with these silly, happy shows.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Illinois Speaker of the House Chris Welch is downright giddy about state Democrats' chances to increase their supermajority.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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So far that's what's happening in Wyoming, Ohio, a fact that left police clerk Jessica Eastham sounding nearly giddy Friday morning.Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
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The committee had by this time earned a reputation for unseemly grandstanding, and White played this to his advantage.Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2013
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But what finally derailed the case was the Nixon administration’s unseemly overtures to the judge.Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
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The filing also details various legal proceedings, including investigations by the DOJ and SEC related to allegations of improper billing and remuneration.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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However, an investigation by the Associated Press found that the film was based on flawed and improper analysis of cell phone location data.Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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Because there are more good people than indecent ones.Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
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“Undignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undignified. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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