uncomplimentary

Example Sentences

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The recent protests have included uncomplimentary references to la junta — the local name for the oversight board.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2019

Uninteresting compositions, poor choice of angles, uncomplimentary lighting.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2018

But, by and large, the collective ire of our parliamentarians is aroused only when an outsider says something that is deemed to be uncomplimentary about them.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2016

At the launch party, the publisher told guests: “When Byron was in Portugal, he wrote some very uncomplimentary things. Well, it took 200 years, but the reply has arrived.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2014

“Why can’t you marry me?” she demanded, ready to clout him again if he gave an uncomplimentary reply.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller