poor sport
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I know he was hurt, but what a poor sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
“It wasn’t like he was a poor sport, whining or anything.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2021
Spitting in a cup at Doral in 2007, or being a poor sport after losing an Open playoff to Padraig Harrington later that summer?
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 6, 2019
Moreover, he’s an ineffective and unsatisfying dissenter, often coming across as little more than a poor sport.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2016
I fear we shall find but poor sport, but such as it is I shall take my share.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
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