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unprofessional

[uhn-pruh-fesh-uh-nl] / ˌʌn prəˈfɛʃ ə nl /


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“People are expecting a really small, dinky, unprofessional show, and they get comedy gold,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Pupil A described Williams as being "unprofessional" at the tournament.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“To put it bluntly,” Jackson continued, “the court could be ushering in an era of unprofessional and unsafe medical care administered by effectively unsupervised healthcare providers.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Foreign policy analysts would normally consider distraction to be a lazy and unprofessional explanation for major actions like wars, if not a symptom of paranoid conspiracy thinking.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

I didn’t know what to make of his gesture save its unorthodoxy, its colloquial and unprofessional tone.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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