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
He was looking straight ahead of him, very sternly, as though to let her know he realized how wicked and ungenteel she was.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
There is something peculiarly ungenteel and ungraceful in a white ground with large red flowers and green leaves wandering over it.
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
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