disdainful
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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 soul, blessed be she who bore thee!
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Norton, Charles Eliot
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