ungenteel

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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

It is exceedingly ungenteel to throw quart bottles of Burgundy at the watch.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

Showy silks, and what are called dress-bonnets are preposterous—so are jewellery ornaments, which, if real, you run a great risk of losing, and if false, are very ungenteel.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza

To speak loudly in the street is exceedingly ungenteel, and foolish, as what you say will be heard by all who pass by.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza