uncouth

Example Sentences

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If it’s uncouth to raise in public, I assure you: lots of people are talking about this privately, because it’s getting hard to ignore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

And he’s seen overwhelming support for his shift toward the uncouth.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2025

"He has a very serious problem in that he talks too much," he says of the president's habit of making controversial, uncouth and homophobic statements.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2022

Because of the class associations, mullets were considered uncouth and undesirable for most of my lifetime.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022

“I bet Ally doesn’t even know what the word uncouth even means. Do you?”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt