backhanded

Example Sentences

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Last Thanksgiving was full of backhanded compliments and pointed remarks.

From MarketWatch

I’m not out there fishing for compliments, and especially not backhanded ones.

From Washington Post

Pettersson nearly ended the game 59 seconds into overtime, sending a backhanded shot off the post.

From Washington Times

He said he respected Mr. Johnson’s intelligence and — perhaps a backhanded compliment to a former journalist — his “creativity.”

From New York Times

During McCarthy’s battle for the speakership, Carlson had dinged McCarthy for being “ideologically agnostic” and called his constituency “the lobbying community in Washington,” but proffered a backhanded show of support.

From Washington Post