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UK
/ʌnkˌɒmplɪmˈɛntəɹi/
]
ADJECTIVE
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showing or representing unfavorably
an uncomplimentary dress
an unflattering portrait - tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage
How To Use uncomplimentary In A Sentence
- The judge was awarded €25,000 from the paper following uncomplimentary and libellous remarks about his telephonic habits.
- Hugh succeeded in making this remark sound vaguely uncomplimentary. DOUBLE DECEIT
- Once there, they were treated to the sight and sound of the club's vice-chairman orchestrating the post-match analysis in a distinctly uncomplimentary manner.
- After surveying the "ongoings" from the safe point of a masthead, he came to the conclusion that the proceedings interested him no more, and with a dismal croak he flew off to the skeö, and, seating himself on the topmost point of its ruinous gable, commented in very uncomplimentary terms upon the ways of mankind. Viking Boys
- A few words flashed into her head, most uncomplimentary, some unrepeatable.
- It is a good while since our letters bag has received so many submissions on one topic and all but one have been uncomplimentary.
- Sharp: Tasting term used to indicate an acidic or bitter taste. Usually uncomplimentary.
- It's not the first time corporations have agreed to show their products in an uncomplimentary light.
- An opportunity was afforded when the council supported El Universal in its uncomplimentary evaluation of the work of the early independence leaders.
- Nor would one say saponaceous for soapy, dyslogistic for uncomplimentary, or macrobian (or longevous) for long-lived. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 3