Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Manifestation of disrespect; want of respect in manner or speech.
Wiktionary
- n. The state or quality of being disrespectful; disrespect; disregard.
Etymologies
- disrespectful + -ness (Wiktionary)
Examples
“An act of kindness towards a stranger, a greater degree of control on personal behavior and better awareness of disrespectfulness is really all that India needs to make a stronger mark in the global community.”
The Wall Street Journal: We Need to Build a Class of Respectful Indians
“He complained about the disrespectfulness and laziness of the young.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “[I]n These Days, … The Intemperance and Malice of Men Increase”
“Such a relentless statement to punish the Muslims by burning their Holy Book indicates deliberate disrespectfulness towards a sacred text.”
“The African-American families I have spoken to this morning are FURIOUS of this disrespectfulness and here you are saying half of us want her for VP.”
Poll: Nearly Half Of African Americans Want Hillary On Ticket
“The President of the United States will often be in diplomatic positions where that sort of careless disrespectfulness could cost key support from international leaders.”
Diamonds, Daisies, Snowflakes … That One - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“And you find to your initial surprise that, when you're wearing a headscarf and you look a bit like a Muslim woman, the disrespectfulness stops.”
“And it's the disrespectfulness to Poor Arthur, too -- he left Donkey Street to me -- not a bit to me and the rest to them.”
“It is from rebel origins so many of us get the idea that disrespectfulness is something of a duty and obstinacy a fine thing.”
“And now, after what has passed between us two, man to man, you'll credit me with no disrespectfulness if I make bold to let fall certain remarks.”
“We in America are accustomed to disrespectfulness and waywardness in our own children, but to notice the same attitude in a little nobody from nowhere we have taken in out of charity, makes a man or woman stand aghast.”
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( randomness, descriptive, psychology, mindset, perspective, outlook, noun )laziness, inconsideration, pessimism, selfishness, unhappiness, ignorance, jealousy, gluttony, arrogance, passive-aggression, dishonesty, unreason and 14 more...
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