irreverent
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She has short brown hair, tortoiseshell glasses and an irreverent wit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Critics argued that memes, profanity and irreverent jokes trivialised a campaign fighting to strengthen India's education system.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
He described the vows as "long, entertaining, personal, charming, emotional, irreverent and endearing explorations by each" about how they met and why they wanted to be married.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
“Club Kid” is a blast: a spicy, surprising and irreverent comedy that rarely peddles the audience anything artificially sweet.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
The day after the death of Aureliano Segundo, one of the friends who had brought the wreath with the irreverent inscription offered to pay Fernanda some money that he had owed her husband.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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