uncomplimentary

Example Sentences

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The recent protests have included uncomplimentary references to la junta — the local name for the oversight board.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2019

Uninteresting compositions, poor choice of angles, uncomplimentary lighting.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2018

But, by and large, the collective ire of our parliamentarians is aroused only when an outsider says something that is deemed to be uncomplimentary about them.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2016

At the launch party, the publisher told guests: “When Byron was in Portugal, he wrote some very uncomplimentary things. Well, it took 200 years, but the reply has arrived.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2014

This was the most Doli had spoken since they had left Eiddileg’s realm and, despite the dwarf’s uncomplimentary opinions, Taran hoped he would finally come around to being civil.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander