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
From the stage he denounced this newspaper and the “Guardian reviewer” for our uncomplimentary coverage, and the noise in the room dwindled to an uneasy, giggly quiet.
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2017
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
“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
