discourtesy

"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

Well, that discourtesy seems to have been forgotten, with the 75-year-old poised to step in as interim manager at Pittodrie for the rest of the season.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

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

Between January 2017 and November 2020, 829 complaints, internal and external, were lodged against Tacoma police employees, most for unsatisfactory performance or discourtesy.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2022

Any domestic quarreling, any discourtesy, especially to women, was not allowed.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The movie chokes on its own dreary discourtesies.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2011

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

C. Bagley, Teachers College, Columbia University, staunch worker for the Sterling-Reed Bill, evoked "a storm of applause" by denouncing Democratic and Republican discourtesies to education.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Though I think       Our Master cares not for her company,       He would ill brook we should express so much,       By rude discourtesies, and short attendance,       Being but servants.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Mary Lamb