discourteous

Example Sentences

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"That would be discourteous towards the Russian Federation," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

The panel said he also engaged in a pattern of improper remarks that “were discourteous and gave the appearance of bias to a crime victim, prospective jurors, defendants, attorneys and others.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

The film finds sufficient suspense in these negotiations and in Maitlis’s preparations for the encounter, a grilling that, in real life, she skillfully pulled off without ever registering as discourteous.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Two complaints were substantiated: in 2011 for using discourteous language and in 2015 for abuse of authority, according to data from the city’s police watchdog agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2022

“I think we can agree that you are not dead—though, of course,” he added, as if fearing he had been discourteous, “I do not minimize your sufferings, which I am sure were severe.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling