ungenteel

adjective

Definition of ungenteelnext
1
as in nonaristocratic

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2
as in improper

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3
as in uncivilized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungenteel
  1. nonaristocratic
  2. improper
  3. uncivilized
  4. humble
  5. inappropriate
  6. barbarous
  7. ignoble
  8. indecent
Adjective
  • Middleton has also had to contend with years of classist remarks about her nonaristocratic upbringing: People called her family the middle-class Middletons.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2022
Definition of nonaristocratic
Adjective
  • Also requested were documents related to a lawsuit, recently settled for $135,000, claiming Kramer had given an improper assessment of a property and retaliated against an employee who complained.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Thus, the LLCs asserting objections to the alter ego findings as to the trusts were improper.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of improper
Adjective
  • But the show repeatedly undercuts that point of view by halfway reinforcing the age-old American assumption that crime is born of poor individual choices among an uncivilized populace, not of poverty, desperation, and preservation, both self and communal.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026
  • Colonial technology came for his kingdom, regardless, and the forces of modernity ended up demonizing those who didn’t embrace technology as backward and uncivilized.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of uncivilized
Adjective
  • Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Johnson Products Company — which would later go on to manufacture Ultra Sheen, Classy Curl, Curly Perm and men’s cologne line Black Tie — was made from humble beginnings, grit and a revolutionary product idea.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of humble
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  • In some countries, such as Japan, tipping can even be viewed as awkward, inappropriate, and unnecessary as patrons eat, pay the bill, and simply leave.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Some commenters felt the post was cringeworthy and inappropriate.
    — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Definition of inappropriate
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  • The chaos in Ithaca may be political and ethical—a violation of custom—but stretches of the poem are barbarous and wild, beyond civilized life altogether.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Seeking to eliminate Berber forces in the barren mountains of northern Morocco, seven soldiers obediently follow their fanatical sergeant (Víctor Clavijo) into barbarous depths of depravity.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 16 May 2026
Definition of barbarous
Adjective
  • This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026
  • The most memorable, and notorious, moment from the race was the ignoble exit of Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell.
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Definition of ignoble
Adjective
  • Morris pleaded guilty in October last year in Oklahoma to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child.
    — Giles Hudson, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Varley, a teacher, was also found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm; four counts of cruelty to a person under 16; ten counts of taking indecent images of a child; two counts of possessing indecent images of a child; and one count of distributing an indecent image of a child.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Definition of indecent
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“Ungenteel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungenteel. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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