disgraceful
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- disgracefully adverb
- disgracefulness noun
Etymology
Origin of disgraceful
Example Sentences
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Gabon finished bottom of their group in Morocco after earlier losses to Cameroon and Mozambique, performances Mamboula described as "disgraceful".
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Cartlidge also raised "a disgraceful incident" where an employee of General Dynamics, the company making Ajax, had "belittled the injured soldiers" in social media posts.
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He first attacked the BBC's Today programme for their interview with Tice, saying it was "disgraceful" to frame a question linking himself to German dictator Adolf Hitler.
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Fatima Payman, an independent senator from the state of Western Australia, called the stunt "disgraceful".
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"It's disgraceful to hear that small businesses are being taken advantage of in this way."
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