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disdainful

[dis-deyn-fuhl] / dɪsˈdeɪn fəl /


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Disdainful of the cable network’s top executives, Mr. Carlson cultivated the impression that he was close to the Murdoch family and, perhaps, untouchable.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Disdainful of her clients and frustrated by the financial disadvantage of hewing to strict ethics, Olga enters into some shady business dealings: padding orders for liquor and caviar and selling the surplus.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022

Disdainful of them, he barely spent time with his family, many times looking down on them, communicating through sarcasm and irony.

From Forbes • Apr. 23, 2015

Before the Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee appeared Cattleman W. D. Farr of Greeley, Colo. Disdainful of OPA penalties which make a violator liable to fines three times his total overcharge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Disdainful of a success of which Madame showed no acknowledgement, he thought of nothing but boldly regaining the marked preference of the princess.

From Ten Years Later by Dumas père, Alexandre




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