discourtesy
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Presiding Officer Kenneth Gibson described Reform's "antics" as "a gross discourtesy to all members of the chamber".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Uttering such words under the guise of a 'joke' or humour does not mitigate this discourtesy displayed toward our women and a specific segment of our society," he wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
A vice foreign minister called in Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming and strongly protested what South Korea called "diplomatic discourtesy", the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement.
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2023
Coast Guard vessel was denied permission to make a port call, another apparently intentional discourtesy.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022
Catt called the picketing “an unwarranted discourtesy to the President and a futile annoyance” to Congress.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
The movie chokes on its own dreary discourtesies.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2011
But it was the first air exposition that New York has had for almost eight years and 20,000 persons daily endured the active discourtesies of Grand Central Palace Exposition factotums to see the planes.
From Time Magazine Archive
You note the weaknesses of officialdom, the discourtesies, the disregard and lack of respect for the people.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many knowing Burmese were forced to hide a snicker when they heard that Chou had filed an official complaint about discourtesies appearing in the Burmese press.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had reached the Achilles Statue, and a hurried retrospect showed me the terrier some thirty paces away, exchanging discourtesies with an Aberdeen.
From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates
