ungenteel

Example Sentences

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The characters can be raucous and the situations ungenteel, but not since “Clueless,” which transported “Emma” to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2016

As education for editing a magazine as national as the Post, this early and extremely ungenteel footlessness could scarcely be beaten.

From Time Magazine Archive

I’ve got no customers as yet— In wain is my appeal— And not to buy a single bit Is werry ungenteel!

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles

The steward chose to imitate the squire; and the attorney found it would be quite ungenteel to stand out.

From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah

"And if they are conceited, and prating, and ungenteel," added Caroline.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza