unmannered

Example Sentences

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The name “Jonathan” was taken from a caricature called Brother Jonathan, a precursor of Uncle Sam, an unmannered, forthright, patriotic New Englander.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

So says Johnny, a patient, constantly curious radio journalist portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in a gratifyingly mellow, unmannered turn in “C’mon C’mon.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

He stands in the doorway, drops his backpack and takes steps — simple and unmannered — to Chopin.

From New York Times • May 6, 2021

He worshipped Diana Adams, a very clean-lined, long-legged, unmannered ballerina.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2018

Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë