Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not complimentary; derogatory.
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- adjective Not
complimentary
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- adjective tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage
- adjective showing or representing unfavorably
Etymologies
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Examples
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Or had he perhaps been dishonourable enough to glance at a letter, in which Lark referred to him in terms uncomplimentary?
It Happened in Egypt 1889
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The comments weren't meant to be "uncomplimentary" abeg...just saying it like it is ooo.
Am not evil o! princesa 2007
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A pressure group based in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, Niger Delta Youth Mirror for Good Governance (NDYMGG), has threatened to stage a mass protest unless members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs apologise to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette, over their recent "uncomplimentary" remarks on him.
unknown title 2009
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Tintin's uncomplimentary reporting trip to Soviet Russia earned Hergé the lasting detestation of many on the left.
Tintin & Co. Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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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.
On a scale of 1-10 what would you rate NY for whitetail hunting? 2009
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It wasn't that long ago when I was living in TJ that someone said some uncomplimentary things about Baja right here on MexConnect.
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It wasn't that long ago when I was living in TJ that someone said some uncomplimentary things about Baja right here on MexConnect.
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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.
India's Authoritarian Lapse Salil Tripathi 2011
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It wasn't that long ago when I was living in TJ that someone said some uncomplimentary things about Baja right here on MexConnect.
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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.
On a scale of 1-10 what would you rate NY for whitetail hunting? 2009
oroboros commented on the word uncomplimentary
contains the 5 vowels in reverse order
December 2, 2006