ungracious
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Believing it to be the personal gift of Queen Elizabeth II, Hockney felt it ungracious to decline.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
“I made a rude comment, and it was wrong. It was an unnecessary comment. It was ungracious to the server.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
Yet both families have young children who seemed to get along, and it would be ungracious to refuse a long weekend in the countryside.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
If Close gradually became more interesting as a public commentator on his art than as a producer of reliably compelling new work, it feels ungracious to fault him for it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2021
“He does very well, for a boy,” was Meg’s somewhat ungracious answer, for the subject did not interest her.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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