undignified

Example Sentences

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As a result of the alleged substandard embalming, family members say they were forced to witness the “grotesque and undignified condition of their loved one’s remains” and suffered humiliation, grief and horror.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

"This is the end of a very long nightmare for Tom, who had lived through the hell of an unjust accusation and an undignified detention," Felix's lawyer François Zimeray told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

She clutched my arm tightly at every visit, sharing her terror that she would lose her prodigious memory—she was able to recite long passages of Shakespeare—and end, undignified, in a nursing home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

A meal that dared critics to call it what it was: cheap, undignified, slightly absurd.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025

If she opened her mouth, she might scream again, and that would be undignified.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan