unchivalrous

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Recent Examples of unchivalrous The steady unraveling of first impressions requires an unchivalrous running time of 152 minutes. David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021 Princeton is proud of these letters; Eliot’s Harvard statement—at best unchivalrous, at worst faintly homicidal—demeans them, and has cast a long, green, Eliotic shadow over their unsealing. James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2020 This isn't the first time Trump has been accused of unchivalrous conduct. Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2018 They were also viewed as ungentlemanly, a form of unchivalrous cheating – a special kind of insult for professional soldiers. Paul D. Miller, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchivalrous
Adjective
  • His conviction for the rape and murder of a child employee, 13-year-old Mary Phagan in 1913, is widely considered unjust, largely attributed to a biased trial and antisemitism.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
  • They are taught to question traditions, but not to distinguish between just and unjust ones.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 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
  • Within hours, your unscrupulous corporate rivals bask in ignoble victory.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • The millennial realization that the world is full of unscrupulous people might explain why Anderson’s storytelling leans to fantasy and youthful innocence.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • The notorious Sackler family, opioid pushers responsible for countless cases of addiction and death, can’t seem to settle their legal problems without turning to some kind of unprincipled maneuver.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Objective voters who watched the recent documentary about Lev Parnas, once a Trump ally, should fear a redux of a Cabinet running the government for an angry, unhinged, unprincipled man.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Cutting medical services to families who rely on them to give tax breaks to billionaires is unethical.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • The event was a spectacle: Luxury cars snaked their way into Trump’s northern Virginia golf club as protesters lined the streets, denouncing the event as an unethical way for a president to make money or allow others to potentially influence him through the purchase of his meme coin.
    Ben Goggin, NBC news, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Failing Forward Rather than retreat from this ignoble setback, Lee doubled down on his initial vision.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • But for those who aren’t Third Reich completists, nor have any interest in historical fantasy that does little beyond embellishing Mengele’s ignoble reputation, this intellectually vacuous exercise can be tough to stomach — despite how well put together the whole thing is.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • However, much of Keaton’s dialogue comes at such a fast clip, his ungentlemanly implications may go over young audience members’ heads.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
  • None too pleased to see the guys fighting in such an ungentlemanly manner outside his shop, the all-too-proper proprietor, Christof (Warburton), appears at the door wearing a tweed vest, bowtie and old-timey flat cap.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 July 2024
Adjective
  • However, compost can start to smell like rotten eggs, ammonia, or worse if the composting process goes awry or the compost pile has become imbalanced in some way.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2025
  • There are two types of repellents: Taste, which often contains capsaicin and requires the animal to take a nibble; and odor, which is sulfur-based and smells like rotten eggs.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 May 2025

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

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