Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking in or damaging to dignity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not dignified.
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- adjective lacking in or damaging to
dignity - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
undignify .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking dignity
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Examples
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The International Skating Union is up at arms about it all, promising point reductions for what they call undignified movements.
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“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.”
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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“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.”
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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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.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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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.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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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 Herbert George 2006
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Then, recalling her undignified conduct in the ball game with him, she felt ashamed.
'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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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 1906
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The mascot by its very nature is ridiculous and relatively undignified, which is why people like them.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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The Obama-friendly Washington Post described as undignified and unpresidential.
FOXNews.com 2010
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