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ungentlemanly

  • a word derived from gentlemanly.
    gentlemanly
    adjective
    like, befitting, or characteristic of a gentleman.

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Who knows, maybe Ritchie will rewrite history to his liking if there’s another installment of ungentlemanly warfare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

As ungentlemanly as it is, that is not what he is charged with.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022

But by the second film, there’s a decidedly ungentlemanly whiff about them - of desperation.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2017

In March 1982, Palmer decried the ungentlemanly behavior and selfishness of some of the Tour’s top players in a missive to Deane Beman, then the PGA Tour commissioner.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017

“I think it very ungentlemanly of him,” brooded Mr. Aaa.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury