unprofessional

Example Sentences

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Foreign policy analysts would normally consider distraction to be a lazy and unprofessional explanation for major actions like wars, if not a symptom of paranoid conspiracy thinking.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

“Allow your boss to be the unprofessional one,” she says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

The US has warned Iran against any "unsafe and unprofessional behaviour" near its forces in the area.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

That was an extraordinary way to say: You are so unprofessional and inexperienced that I’m not even going to discipline you because you never had any business in this position in the first place.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

It would have been easier for her to sit on the edge of the bed, but that was unprofessional and strictly prohibited.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan