undignified

/ ʌnˈdɪɡnɪˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. lacking in dignity

Example Sentences

Their spokesperson, Hat Porter, described it as a "superficial quick fix for wider systemic issues" and said many patients' experiences of the technology were "intrusive, undignified, dehumanising and traumatising".

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She clutched my arm tightly at every visit, sharing her terror that she would lose her prodigious memory—she was able to recite long passages of Shakespeare—and end, undignified, in a nursing home.

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The commission said Monguia’s shooting remarks “fostered an atmosphere of intimidation in the courtroom and, even if made in jest, were undignified and discourteous.”

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An undignified response, perhaps, but it has come to symbolise how divisive and partisan this has become.

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A meal that dared critics to call it what it was: cheap, undignified, slightly absurd.

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