unchivalrous

adjective

Definition of unchivalrousnext
as in unjust

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Recent Examples of unchivalrous The steady unraveling of first impressions requires an unchivalrous running time of 152 minutes. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021 This isn't the first time Trump has been accused of unchivalrous conduct. — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2018 They were also viewed as ungentlemanly, a form of unchivalrous cheating – a special kind of insult for professional soldiers. — Paul D. Miller, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchivalrous
  1. unjust
  2. immoral
  3. unscrupulous
  4. unprincipled
  5. unethical
  6. ignoble
  7. ungentlemanly
  8. rotten
Adjective
  • Kosovo has criticized the verdicts as unjust, maintaining that the KLA, which Thaci had led before entering politics, had fought against Serbian oppression.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • For the same reason, the players’ unjust enrichment claim came up short.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of unjust
Adjective
  • Some sources expand on the account in Genesis, suggesting the Sodomites were not only immoral but positively antimoral.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • What’s so immoral about a goal scored accidentally with a hand or arm anyway?
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of immoral
Adjective
  • Early 2020s prestige television skewered the rich and unscrupulous.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But, argue the plaintiffs, the Nazis’ lists were often modified at the request of unscrupulous dealers.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of unscrupulous
Adjective
  • That doesn't enable cunning and unprincipled men to subvert the power of the people.
    — Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
Definition of unprincipled
Adjective
  • That exposed surprising but realistic scenarios of hard-to-detect unethical behavior in employees.
    — Monideepa Tarafdar, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Documentarian Erin Lee Carr’s latest project is a deep dive into The Swan, the 2004 reality show widely considered one of the most unethical and sadistic in TV history.
    — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of unethical
Adjective
  • The prizes’ name is a reference to Ignatius (Ig) Nobel—a fictional character said to be a distant cousin of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel, for whom the Nobel Prizes are named—and is also a pun on the word ignoble.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026
Definition of ignoble
Adjective
  • In On His Own Terms, and its account of the slow-going struggles of the Rockefeller Republicans, there’s an implication that political extremism is ungentlemanly.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • However, much of Keaton’s dialogue comes at such a fast clip, his ungentlemanly implications may go over young audience members’ heads.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of ungentlemanly
Adjective
  • Sometimes your potatoes will be not be super clean with little sprouts and little rotten bits that need to be cut off.
    — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • He was filled with a sudden sense of hopelessness, a rotten sadness.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of rotten

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“Unchivalrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchivalrous. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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