churlish

When the result is far more important than the performance, it would be churlish to nit-pick too much.

More churlish souls might attribute such stubborn determination to craven commercial interests, but something more is in play.

He crosses one flamboyantly shod foot over another on his desk with churlish satisfaction and takes a deep draw on his cigar.

Marty, meanwhile, hollow-eyed and churlish about straying from their objective, seems haunted with guilt after a recent stint in jail for setting a building on fire.

But it would be churlish to say either way, comparing eras is a fool's errand.