[
UK
/ʌnspˈɔːtɪŋ/
]
ADJECTIVE
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violating accepted standards or rules
a dirty fighter
fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
used foul means to gain power
a nasty unsporting serve
How To Use unsporting In A Sentence
- The Polish Hockey Association secretary also came into the field and accused the Pakistanis of unsporting behaviour.
- There, in 1999 the Americans were guilty of some of the most outrageously uncouth and unsporting behaviour ever displayed in a sporting arena.
- What unsporting behaviour from these 2 players Pargat and Baljeet, who between them have been the the past 3 Olympic hockey captains of India.
- Blake seemed to make the most of it and, surprisingly, he was not even cautioned for his unsporting behaviour.
- This page unsportingly suggests that the mound is a 13th-century motte which had nothing to do with Pepin, but I'll take my romance where I can find it, thanks. Dental development
- He pays me a sidewise glance, incredulous brows knitting an ambiguity, finding it almost unsporting to fold and venture a smile of concession.
- If you consider that the defender has committed an act of unsporting behaviour, caution the offender and restart play with a retaken penalty.
- When in 1949 a New Zealander called Brunton Smith flung himself full-length to prevent a Yorkshire boundary, the Bramall Lane crowd booed his unsporting behaviour.
- It's unsporting of her not to keep schtum? Times, Sunday Times
- The lower classes are, presumably, exempt from citicism on the grounds that it would be 'unsporting' -- (they have enough problems). Page 4