disgraceful
adjective
bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
disgracefully
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a word derived from
disgraceful.
Example Sentences
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Alas, the blinkered SFO board has disgracefully not supported Salonen’s transformative vision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
"But I remain hopeful to grow old disgracefully and keep taking lovely photos."
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2023
My fear is that we will all throw up our hands and sit around blaming the court, rather than actually working to overhaul a disgracefully unequal education system.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Those who actively worked for Germany crossed the line into subversion and treason, but even mainstream proponents of isolationism showed a tolerant understanding for fascism that, decades later, seems either shockingly naïve or disgracefully callous.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2023
But, to our great disgust, we found at the first meal-time that, in addition to the stock of food being disgracefully small, it consisted solely of ship-biscuit, yams, and salt beef of the worst sort.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
