uncouth
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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
It was classic Alatorre: uncompromising, uncouth and unapologetic in the name of exerting his influence to better Latinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
"It was then reported, that a mad woman was in the habit of disturbing the neighbours, by perambulating the church-yard and other walks, in strange and uncouth dresses," the magazine article added.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2022
The people around us were hard-working, boisterous, a little proud of their nickname, yo-go-re, which meant literally uncouth one, or roughneck, or dead-end kid.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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