undignified
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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As a result of the alleged substandard embalming, family members say they were forced to witness the “grotesque and undignified condition of their loved one’s remains” and suffered humiliation, grief and horror.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
"This is the end of a very long nightmare for Tom, who had lived through the hell of an unjust accusation and an undignified detention," Felix's lawyer François Zimeray told AFP.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
Ruben Amorim's toxic and unceremonious exit from Manchester United is yet another undignified chapter in the Old Trafford tenure of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
I could choke on it by mistake, an undignified way to die.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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