Wondering how to use Undignified in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as demeaning or inelegant.
Undignified in a sentence
Undignified meaning
lacking in or damaging to dignity
Synonyms of Undignified
Using Undignified
- The main meaning on this page is: lacking in or damaging to dignity
- Useful related words include: demeaning, inelegant, discomposed, silly.
- In the example corpus, undignified often appears in combinations such as: and undignified, an undignified, undignified manner.
Context around Undignified
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Undignified
- In this selection, "undignified" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thoroughly, receive, clerks, manner, open and fashion stand out and add context to how "undignified" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a thoroughly undignified fashion after and after an undignified eviction from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "undignified" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with undignified
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It's 2020, that's so undignified. (7 words)
Things got ugly, sheets got weirdly tangled and undignified words were hurled in Jill’s direction. (16 words)
Trump was an inept and undignified president who used the office for his own gain and for the enrichment of his friends. (22 words)
Although Presley’s manner of death might have been sad and undignified, for millions of fans, Presley’s music is immortal, and they will forever remember him as he was in his younger days, with a curling lip and glimmer in his eye. (43 words)
Tuesday’s hearing is the latest stage in a convoluted journey that has left Assange incarcerated at Belmarsh, a high-security prison in the south-east of the British capital, years after an undignified eviction from London’s Ecuadorian embassy. (40 words)
The owners of Simply Weddings, leaders in the local marriage business, have said the law will create an “undignified regime” by creating a list of same-sex couples and undermining the potential destination gay wedding sector. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Caught in an undignified open battle with the rabid far right of his party, he’s chosen to plunge down the rabbit hole of absurdity with eyes wide open.
Despite the controversial views of s' final season, most everyone will agree on how impactful that moment was, as several major characters lost their lives in a sudden and undignified manner.
I don’t recall exactly what I said on the phone, but I do remember shouting “Yeeeeessssss!” in a thoroughly undignified fashion after I hung up.
Others known to be at the end of their life were admitted to hospices only to receive "undignified and callous treatment" that "paid no regard to their, or their families', wishes or concerns".
The Christian Democrats bristled at the tone of Moro’s letters — the undignified pleading, the insistence that the Italian government negotiate for his release.
The Minister’s involvement would be akin to a CEO attending to squabbles between office clerks—undignified, unnecessary, and ultimately damaging to the governance structure.
Trump was an inept and undignified president who used the office for his own gain and for the enrichment of his friends.
Tuesday’s hearing is the latest stage in a convoluted journey that has left Assange incarcerated at Belmarsh, a high-security prison in the south-east of the British capital, years after an undignified eviction from London’s Ecuadorian embassy.
While McCarthy’s undignified boot from the speakership was a lowlight, the House majority hasn’t exactly spent the rest of the time covering itself in glory.
In this new age of public performance, we are inclined to think that only of loud, crass and undignified people – Barnaby Joyce, for instance – are authentic.
It's 2020, that's so undignified.
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja wants the Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe to offer a private apology to the family of the late James Oyugi Onyango over the undignified manner of his burial.
Some commentators have suggested that the Trump presidency, and its undignified end, has emboldened Chinese government leaders and raised their confidence in the superiority of their own system.
The owners of Simply Weddings, leaders in the local marriage business, have said the law will create an “undignified regime” by creating a list of same-sex couples and undermining the potential destination gay wedding sector.
Things got ugly, sheets got weirdly tangled and undignified words were hurled in Jill’s direction.
Although Presley’s manner of death might have been sad and undignified, for millions of fans, Presley’s music is immortal, and they will forever remember him as he was in his younger days, with a curling lip and glimmer in his eye.
Doubtless he hoped that the uncomfortable occasion would bring an end to undignified reporting of his involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
That said, moving because of compensation concerns must be handled with finesse and requires strong interview preparation since most firms consider it undignified to lead off with money as a reason why you would move.
The 34-year-old’s perceived arrogance as well as an occasional undignified extra shove or elbow blast has some claiming that he isn’t worthy of the honor.
The president also underlined that a lack of toilets had forced crores of Indians, especially "our daughters and daughters-in-law", to an unhealthy and undignified life.
Common combinations with undignified
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and undignified 6×
- an undignified 3×
- undignified manner 2×
- undignified and 2×
- the undignified 2×
- to undignified 2×
- undignified to 2×
- undignified lives 2×