How to Use undignified in a Sentence

undignified

adjective
  • Not that there's anything undignified about cut-outs and mesh, but that's just not her vibe.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Yet some of us (the squares) find this distasteful—an undignified kind of life.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The display of age-shock often feels cheap and a little undignified.
    — Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2022
  • But those who live in the park dismissed the short-term shelter system as unsafe and undignified.
    — Ashraf Khalil, ajc, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Also, telling the whole story is undignified.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Sticky hands are thrown, leaves fly, and one frog tosses the other over his shoulder in an undignified manner.
    — Erin Berger, Outside Online, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Inside, the drones themselves were lined up in an undignified row, their tails in the air and their bellies exposed.
    — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Does this seem like an undignified topic for a respectable science website?
    — Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The goals almost felt undignified for a World Cup final.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • Getting in and out of the rear when sleeping is a bit undignified, but that’s the cost of napping in your car really.
    — Jordan Golson, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2018
  • But the sad reality is many like Smitty will meet an undignified death.
    — Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The term barf bag sounds so undignified, but the alternatives aren’t much of an improvement.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 June 2024
  • Gay was released in an undignified way after rotting on the vine and being subject to vile racial attacks.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Some people consider eating at the sink to be sad, shameful, or undignified.
    — Stephen Lurie, Bon Appétit, 4 June 2021
  • After all, the king of beasts would never be caught doing anything as undignified as coughing up a hairball.
    — National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2018
  • And there will always be something a bit undignified about hearing that basement door open and then a parent yelling something down.
    — Jack Butler, National Review, 4 Apr. 2020
  • For wheelchair users, taking a trip that involves flying can often be an undignified hassle.
    — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 8 June 2023
  • And there is nothing more undignified and dehumanizing than stripping a girl of her freedom to live a full life.
    — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Hernandez came to, embarrassed and undignified, and staggered to his feet.
    — Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2013
  • Tanking is undignified, a legal but unsavory form of gaming the system.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Many feel marketing and sales are too time consuming, expensive or undignified.
    — Henry Devries, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • And one wishes that for once, a family faced with such horror could be unashamedly, cathartically undignified.
    — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Despite that undignified start, Paine said his Roadster proved reliable.
    — David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Otherwise, the non-stop ka-ching-ing likely would create an undignified racket that would rise above the hushed crowds surrounding focused golfers.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
  • Steven Colbert and Anderson Cooper may have made a bad joke or acted a bit undignified.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 May 2017
  • Leo reacted by throwing a tantrum even a toddler would find undignified, only to later play it off as if the breakup was completely mutual.
    — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This is not laugh-out-loud humor, although the scene where one of Live's now-undead victims revives in the most undignified way possible comes close.
    — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Opponents fear the project would turn the landmark into an undignified tourist trap unworthy of its significance.
    — Sara Germano, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Copper busts and statues lay scattered outside on the ground in undignified positions next to assorted office chairs and ripped up copies of the civil code.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023

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