ungenteel
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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
"And if they are conceited, and prating, and ungenteel," added Caroline.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
To spit out the stones one at a time as you proceed with the cherries is very ungenteel.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
Well! and if the old maids did talk, they would only talk into their teacups and every one knows that to be monstrous ungenteel behaviour.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
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