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Recent Examples of disgraceful One of my opponents has made several disgraceful statements about things occurring over the last 24 years. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025 The tribal vilification of the Japanese during WWII facilitated support for the internment of 120,000 Japanese and American citizens in concentration camps, marking one of the most disgraceful eras in America’s history. Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2025 Quite frankly, those headlines are disgraceful. Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025 That accounts for the disgraceful smearing of Anthony Fauci, the nation’s most distinguished epidemiological expert until his retirement from the NIH in 2023, by Republicans who absurdly tried to blame him for creating COVID-19. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disgraceful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
Adjective
  • He was taken to the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, before being transferred to a facility with better conditions in April.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 28 May 2025
  • Torrez, though, was also linked by DNA to the notorious stabbing deaths of 8-year-old Laura Hobbs and her friend 9-year-old Krystal Tobias in Zion on Mother’s Day in 2005.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Trending Stories On Wednesday morning, a forensic video expert told jurors that the infamous hotel surveillance video showing Combs slamming Ventura to the ground and kicking and dragging her in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in 2016 was not manually doctored.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
  • Some military commentators compared it to another infamous Sunday surprise—Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Patti LuPone had a shady reaction to questions about Audra McDonald in a new interview.
    Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 27 May 2025
  • Simple Deluxe 9-foot Patio Umbrella and 50-pound Base Add a shady spot to your sunny patio space with this nine-foot umbrella that comes with a base that can be filled with up to 50 pounds of sand or water.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • The department on Thursday published a list of the jurisdictions and said each one will receive formal notification that the government has deemed them noncompliant and if they're believed to be in violation of any federal criminal statutes.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
  • Following his release from prison, Kerik was a vocal critic of the criminal justice system and a staunch ally of Trump.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Kudos to Bruce Springsteen for practicing his First Amendment rights to rail against the corrupt policies and immoral actions of the Trump administration.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 May 2025
  • Independent jurors can blunt the force of immoral laws and arbitrary prosecutions by refusing to subject their neighbors to unjust laws or overtly cruel punishment.
    Mike Fox, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • From the classic and shameful Hello Pervert campaign, attacks against Gmail users that claim their account is, oh the irony, being attacked by a hacker, and even concerns over President Trump’s tariff plans, all are employed in this way.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Self-awareness—the kind cultivated by the digital panopticon and a consumerist culture that constantly directs our attention toward ourselves and our choices—tells us that there is something shameful about the epic scale.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025

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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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