meaner

Example Sentences

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The meaner the Pistons get, the more their record improves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

In turn, increased efficiency allows them to be meaner toward prospective employees.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

But there’s still an element of camp and goofy humor that lingers, taking away from the script’s leaner, meaner elements.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

“Some people are more culpable than others. They get more jokes made about them, and the jokes are meaner because they're doing things that are worse,” Bee says.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025

It was an excuse, an evasion, a way not to examine the fact that I’d never been meaner or more vulnerable.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover