ignominy

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Covered for the ignominy of his historically woeful four-for-51 hitting performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

When Oasis scheduled their single Roll With It for release a week before Blur's Country House that August, Blur were worried about the possible ignominy of being kept off the number one spot.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Rather than ushering the victim to the next life, this shunts him further into obscurity and ignominy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Although the clash between acts was tough, none of them suffered the ignominy of a small crowd.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

Pappachi, for his part, was having trouble coping with the ignominy of retirement.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy