dismissive
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“In fact, they were dismissive of efforts of others to help them win.”
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
The dismissive attitude toward “flyover country,” perfectly caricatured in Saul Steinberg’s famous 1976 New Yorker cover in which the map of America is reduced to Manhattan and the West Coast, is personal to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Mr. Boorman comes across as donnish, astute and likable, but also arrogant and dismissive of legitimate concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The tabloid mockery was largely dismissive of the couple's rare achievement in Hollywood.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
You may feel perfectly satisfied with your pages as they stand, or our reservations may fill you with dismissive anger, or such despair you never want to look at the thing again.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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