ill-behaved
Example Sentences
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The lawsuit alleged the diabetes-alert dogs, for which Warren charged up to $27,000, “were often poorly trained, ill-behaved, and unequipped to help manage a life-threatening situation, rendering them little more than incredibly expensive pets.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023
He’s not particularly ill-behaved, nor has any other adult in any setting expressed similar concerns.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2020
Chaos reigns when two clueless fathers take charge of a dilapidated summer camp and its ill-behaved attendees.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019
Splendid as the established cast is, the younger actors are equally engrossing, particularly Eliza Scanlen's dangerously ill-behaved and duplicitous Amma, Camille’s 15-year-old half-sister.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2018
Rupert’s Northern March.—In the midlands and Lancashire the Royalist horse, as ill-behaved even as Goring’s men, were directly responsible for the ignominious failure with which the king’s main army began its year’s work.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
