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
Lakers star Luka Doncic was fined $50,000 on Tuesday for directing an “inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official” during the Lakers’ win over the New York Knicks on Sunday, the NBA announced.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 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
Only now did it occur to her what a foolish and unprofessional thing she had done.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.