disdain

And don’t worry, the servers won’t look at you with disdain if you ask for separate checks — at least from my experience.

And if you believe part of Oscars’ purpose is to promote the industry and celebrate its achievements, there’s no better time for the academy to get over its traditional disdain for cinematic monstrosities.

To this day, Cortés and Moctezuma remain figures of both adulation and disdain, recalled in operas, plays, books and films and TV series.

In the course of his research, Mr. Quinones came to admire the independence of tuba players, the way they remain undaunted in the face of the “disdain or indifference” of their peers.

But in all three cases, there is some merit to the basic point, worthy of examination and not immediate disdain.