unprofessional

Example Sentences

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“Allow your boss to be the unprofessional one,” she says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

Still, nothing was as odd as Bondi’s performance, which was unprofessional and combative.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

That was an extraordinary way to say: You are so unprofessional and inexperienced that I’m not even going to discipline you because you never had any business in this position in the first place.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

The author of the report, Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook, declined to endorse the final version because of changes that altered his findings and made the report “highly unprofessional and inconsistent with our established standards.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

Mainly because as each of us gets better and wiser in our particular areas of expertise, we have to toss everything and start over, deeming the old material to be childish and unprofessional.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman