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disgraceful

[dis-grays-fuhl] / dɪsˈgreɪs fəl /


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The move was described as "disgraceful" during Thursday's session of Stormont's health committee after trust officials said the department had now decided to take back £1.5m from the project.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"To the gangs profiting from this disgraceful fraud: you will be prosecuted, stripped of your dirty money and shut down," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The first post called Holmes “a disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

One of them, which was named Foxwood, was a large, neglected, old-fashioned farm, much overgrown by woodland, with all its pastures worn out and its hedges in a disgraceful condition.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell


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