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- adjective Not conferring
dignity ;undignified ;demeaning .
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Examples
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He spoke about the right to liberty and property and the right to live a dignified life without an undignifying regime.
Max Kolonko: Lech Walesa to Sue Organizers of the 20th Anniversary of Berlin Wall Collapse? 2009
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What sony did is nothing short of cruel, undignifying and disgracefull.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Sony’s promotion stunt with decapitated goat 2007
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July 2nd, 2008 3: 58pm this dehumisation tactic used by Ms Phillips on this site is very undignifying.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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It is very undignifying for a poor scorpion to be compared to someone who refers to "evil, noxious Jews".
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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J. Eggleston, Sawalha's comments are disgusting, and if he made them on British soil, he should be investigated by the police, but my point remains that the dehumanisation tactic used by Ms Phillips on here time after time is undignifying.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Counter to the perspective of doctors, we do not believe it is undignifying to be on life support....
Little Emilio and the Texas Futile Care Law Kay Olson 2007
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Counter to the perspective of doctors, we do not believe it is undignifying to be on life support....
Archive 2007-03-01 Kay Olson 2007
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[I] ndividual persons as participants in the shared values and practices, and enmeshed in the web of communal relationships, may find that aspects of those cultural givens are inelegant, undignifying or unenlightening and can thoughtfully be questioned and evaluated.
Akan Philosophy of the Person Wingo, Ajume 2006
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The process of remembering even those undignifying events enables us to analyse the events to see where we went wrong and then chart a course for our lives so that neither we nor our children will have to pass through the same road.
Aish.com 2010
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OVER 40: AUS 111/2 Another maiden by Swann, who has Watson jumping, hopping, crouching and in all kinds of undignifying poses.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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