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
Elizabeth had fully expected Estella to be pronounced entirely ungenteel, and no sort of person to associate with a Gordon.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
I fair ran away from her audacious, ungenteel attacks.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
To speak loudly in the street is exceedingly ungenteel, and foolish, as what you say will be heard by all who pass by.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
