churlish
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A person would be churlish not to be moved by the two recipients’ stories Tuesday night, but awarding them what they’d earned in that venue marked the abuse of a great honor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Possibly churlish not to get the full 10, but he played a pretty ropey shot in the first innings.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
As I previously wrote, while it might be churlish to suggest that the gift was devoid of genuine altruistic impulses, it would be naive to assume that altruism is the whole story.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024
“It seems churlish to complain about where we are right now,” said Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy arm of the Brookings Institution.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024
As in: I don’t understand how 1 went from annoyed to grumpy to downright churlish.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
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