ungenteel
Example Sentences
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The characters can be raucous and the situations ungenteel, but not since “Clueless,” which transported “Emma” to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2016
As education for editing a magazine as national as the Post, this early and extremely ungenteel footlessness could scarcely be beaten.
From Time Magazine Archive
Large showy ornaments, by way of jewellery, are exceedingly ungenteel.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
"And if they are conceited, and prating, and ungenteel," added Caroline.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Well, Tom,” turning now to his shipmate, “ye’re a man much sailed t’ foreign parts, an’ ye wouldn’t think it ungenteel, would ye, for a lad like Dannie t’ wear a seal-ring?
From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Norman Duncan
