uncomplimentary
Example Sentences
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Yet seeing these two men side by side in Jonathan Jordan’s “Ike and Winston” makes the uncomplimentary comparison less clear-cut.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The recent protests have included uncomplimentary references to la junta — the local name for the oversight board.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2019
From the stage he denounced this newspaper and the “Guardian reviewer” for our uncomplimentary coverage, and the noise in the room dwindled to an uneasy, giggly quiet.
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2017
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
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
