unsportsmanlike
Example Sentences
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Doing so, the president avowed, would be unsportsmanlike.
“The length of Stewart’s suspension is based in part on his repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts,” the NBA said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
The PDC does not have a specific, timed rule for pace of play, but deliberate slow play intended to disrupt an opponent is considered unsportsmanlike conduct and a potential rules breach.
From BBC
But on the play, the Trojans’ Desman Stephens II leaped over the line for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
From Los Angeles Times
But it also notes that any unsportsmanlike conduct penalty would have applied when Johnson, the actual punter, came out to punt on the ensuing drive.
From Los Angeles Times
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