indignity

Ahead of the visit, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali said his country would continue to champion the reparation issue "because slavery was the worst indignity to humankind".

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

The final indignity: belly fat that rendered my favorite jeans unzippable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was even more of an indignity because Haley lived in and around Knoxville, Tennessee, for long periods of his life.

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

The Angels’ ultimate indignity is its own hometown newspaper doesn’t regard it highly enough to staff its games with a full-time writer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

It’s bad enough that the great city of San Francisco should suffer the indignity of a maximum security federal penitentiary in its midst without being subject to these sorts of sick and dangerous shenanigans.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

In a film full of contrived indignities, this is the most maddening, suggesting that anyone watching the film is no more clever than the “Fossil Fools” audience members.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The indignities apparently did not stop at the club.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

For the most part, the retrofuturistic vibes of the northern Virginia airport provide some aesthetic relief from the contemporary indignities of air travel.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

As the number of multimillionaires has grown, so too has the amount of services for high-net-worth individuals looking to avoid the indignities of commercial travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

My guess is that the indignities imposed on so many low-wage workers— the drug tests, the constant surveillance, being “reamed out” by managers—are part of what keeps wages low.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich