boorish
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"Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and - above all, envious" he wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
As the sensitive, flute-playing heir of the boorish, beer-swilling Frederick William I, the young prince had scant interest in soldiering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
They uncovered Reddit posts, some from more than a decade ago, revealing a boorish man trading in proto-manospheric thought.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
An exodus of prosecutors who didn’t care for his staff screaming sessions and boorish press conferences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
Her mockery irritated him, as did the speed with which she had absolved Major Madu of any responsibility for Major Udodi’s boorish behavior.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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