undignified

• “The International Skating Union is up at arms about it all, promising point reductions for what they call undignified movements.”

  CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2002

• ““A form of language spoken by millions of people … can surely not be called undignified,” he argued, finding “real dignity … in the colloquial language of the people, not in the stilted artificial style of books.””

  Simon & Schuster: PEARL BUCK IN CHINA

• “The government felt that such a name was undignified, which may be the only time in American history that a state, city, county, river, lake, creek, or gambling casino was not given an Indian name.”

  Simon & Schuster: LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY

• “You will recall the undignified use Sir Thomas More would have us put it to, and how there was no money at all in the Republic of Plato, and in that later community for which he wrote his Laws an iron coinage of austere appearance and doubtful efficacy ....”

  A Modern Utopia

• “Then, recalling her undignified conduct in the ball game with him, she felt ashamed.”

  'Lizbeth of the Dale

• “The mascot by its very nature is ridiculous and relatively undignified, which is why people like them.”

  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

• “The Obama-friendly Washington Post described as undignified and unpresidential.”

  FOXNews.com

• “At art school, it was frustrating: his teachers insisted that cartooning was an "undignified" field.”

  The Guardian: Daniel Clowes: 'You've got to be obsessed'

• “British comedian Ricky Gervais has blasted Twitter as fun for teenagers but "undignified" for grown-ups -- and questioned the motives of celebrities who use the micro-blogging platform.”

  The Huffington Post: Ricky Gervais Quits Twitter, Comic Slams Site As 'Undignified'

• “Some parents said it was upsetting for children to see the funeral while others said they believed it was "undignified" for the grieving family.”

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