demeaning
Example Sentences
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The speakers are often ill-prepared and sometimes glib, demeaning what they should be illuminating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Bureaucrats have bristled at the term as misleading and demeaning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
“The manner in which some of the individuals were detained and deported — including the use of shackles on them — as well as the demeaning rhetoric used against migrants, has also been profoundly disturbing.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
Other responses, like the ones from the New York Times and Business Insider, had a similarly demeaning slant.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025
As a rule, we objected to having our pictures taken in prison on the grounds that it is generally demeaning to be seen as a prisoner.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
