Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not complimentary; derogatory.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not complimentary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage
- adj. showing or representing unfavorably
Etymologies
- un- + complimentary (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Or had he perhaps been dishonourable enough to glance at a letter, in which Lark referred to him in terms uncomplimentary?”
“The comments weren't meant to be "uncomplimentary" abeg...just saying it like it is ooo.”
“It wasn't that long ago when I was living in TJ that someone said some uncomplimentary things about Baja right here on MexConnect.”
“I can be brief and seemingly uncomplimentary, or I can be wordy and beat the subject to death, but in either case I will be consistent.”
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“Tintin's uncomplimentary reporting trip to Soviet Russia earned Hergé the lasting detestation of many on the left.”
“Mr. Sibal's actions made him the target of uncomplimentary—certainly unparliamentary—words on the Internet, with users exercising their freedoms while they still can.”
“Sharon faltered at the unexpected, and uncomplimentary, remark.”
“As Warren Gatland knows better than anyone, his uncomplimentary remarks this week about the England hooker Dylan Hartley were craftily timed.”
The Guardian: Martin Johnson: Wales are feeling the pressure before Six Nations
“Most of the people gathered on a tiny patch of grass by Sag Harbor's Long Wharf wouldn't fit any of the uncomplimentary labels sneeringly thrown our way.”
The Huffington Post: Lita Smith-Mines: Occupying the Hamptons
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘uncomplimentary’.
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Higgledy-Piggledy
Useful double dactyls
antediluvian, post-penitentiary, anthropomorphic, non-complimentary, polyprogenitor, metapoetical, non-tautological, not unintelligent, donor-dysfunctional, eeksily-peeksily, phantasmagorical, plenipotentiary and 82 more...
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Panvocalic euryvocalic
"Euryvocalics" are words that contain all the vowels once, including "y". "Euryvocalic", meaning "broad vowels", was coined here to describe this kind of word. Words having all the vowels once exce...
euryvocalic, absolutively, abstemiously, abstentiously, adventiously, youngmanishness, facetiously, audiometry, neustonically, cylindraceous, denunciatory, equivocally and 591 more...
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double dactyl words
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Notably Unique
Words that are in the record books, or otherwise attract comment.
pneumonoultramicr..., set, misconjugatedly, uncopyrightables, tesseradecades, hypolimnion., teetertotter, aftercataracts, sweaterdresses, aegilops, antiskepticism, bababadalgharaght... and 72 more...
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oroboros contains the 5 vowels in reverse order Dec 2, 2006