ungracious

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James Corden has admitted he was "ungracious" to a restaurant server in an incident which saw him temporarily banned from New York eatery Balthazar.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2022

“Maybe this was ungracious of me, but I declined,” Rosen told Senate Judiciary Committee investigators in an interview transcript released Thursday.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2021

Indeed, while the first Adams may have been ungracious by skipping Jefferson's inauguration, he did something of tremendous historical consequence by handing over power at all.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2021

As a convention it feels like an ungracious hedge, a churlish reluctance to commend the powerful or famous no matter how well deserved.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2020

“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