undignified
Britishadjective
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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".
From BBC
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.
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.”
From Los Angeles Times
An undignified response, perhaps, but it has come to symbolise how divisive and partisan this has become.
From BBC
A meal that dared critics to call it what it was: cheap, undignified, slightly absurd.
From Salon
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