unsportsmanlike
Britishadjective
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Vrabel was hit with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
This is, of course, unsportsmanlike conduct on the apple field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The NFL fined Juszczyk $14,926 for violating Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 of its rulebook because it was deemed an unsportsmanlike act—and he wasn’t alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Wang was booed by the crowd for her actions and received a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
So they called technical fouls on four of our players for leaving the bench and on Coach for unsportsmanlike conduct.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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