disdained
Example Sentences
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Air conditioning, long disdained in France, is "no longer taboo at all", Jehanno said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Still, amid the delights of Mr. Koolhaas’s stair, there are reminders that he is part of the generation of Deconstructivist architects who disdained the profession’s traditional values of unity, harmony and stability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
Its clunky and widely disdained Cybertruck is beginning to look like a lemon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
My father disdained shopkeepers as unworthy and low, but he consorted with them and curried favor with the customers, hoping to overhear court gossip.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
