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disgraceful

[dis-grays-fuhl] / dɪsˈgreɪs fəl /


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“Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

NHS England said any instance of staff looking at records without a valid reason would be "wholly unacceptable, a disgraceful breach of patients' trust and against the law".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Turki al-Maliki said the targeting of Mecca, which is the home of Islam's most sacred shrine and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage, was a "disgraceful act".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The first post called Holmes “a disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

And yet, strangely enough, the next interruption, the most disgraceful of all, came from Helmholtz himself.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley


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