ignominious
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Year: 2015 Compiled by: Laura Bennett Of note: Although the numerical scale spanned from 1–10, one particularly ignominious scene earned a score of −1.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
Tesla stock is trying to stop an ignominious streak on Friday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Judge, at the plate as the tying run in the bottom of the ninth, struck out to seal the ignominious defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Zahawi called his mistakes careless, but it brought his ministerial career to an ignominious end.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
If I hadn’t failed that IQ test I wouldn’t be reduced to this ignominious task with its attendant emotional by-products.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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