contemptuous
adjective
showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
uncontemptuous
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a word derived from
contemptuous.
Example Sentences
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He was an impartial and unexcitable umpire at all our bedlam sporting events, a master fire builder and extinguisher, and an expert, uncontemptuous first-aid man.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
