undignified

Example Sentences

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As a result of the alleged substandard embalming, family members say they were forced to witness the “grotesque and undignified condition of their loved one’s remains” and suffered humiliation, grief and horror.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

"This is the end of a very long nightmare for Tom, who had lived through the hell of an unjust accusation and an undignified detention," Felix's lawyer François Zimeray told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

The Lampard Inquiry was told campaigners were concerned the technology had been overly relied upon by staff, and many patients' experiences of the technology were "intrusive, undignified, dehumanising and traumatising".

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

She clutched my arm tightly at every visit, sharing her terror that she would lose her prodigious memory—she was able to recite long passages of Shakespeare—and end, undignified, in a nursing home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Cluny fell from a fair height and sprawled on the dusty road in an undignified heap.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques