unbusinesslike

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Recent Examples of unbusinesslike But your attempt to cajole lightly was unbusinesslike. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbusinesslike
Adjective
  • The firings at some agencies were conducted in such a haphazard and unprofessional manner, leaving Trump administration officials scrambling.
    Mordechai Gordon, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Judge Ana Reyes is well known as a wildly unprofessional judge who routinely abuses her power in the court room.
    Andrew Stanton, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Listen to this article The Orlando police officer involved in the high-speed chase that killed a bystander last month had previously been disciplined in at least three incidents, one involving improper use of force and two for vehicle crashes, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.
    Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
  • From fiscal year 2015 to 2022, the Social Security Agency paid about $72 billion in improper payments, most of which were overpayments, the report noted.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But his 2024 campaign and this undignified exit will leave a sour taste that will be hard to chase.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Not to mention that his character receives an especially undignified exit.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • All that’s there is an artless effort to provoke outrage — Tony Hinchcliffe with the world’s strongest Boston accent.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The effort of analyzing this video, a piece of artless misinformation, was beneath Abu Hamdan, who has dedicated himself to unveiling the violence of the world through the medium of sound.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Adjective
  • The sun will also hang around an hour later in the evening, contributing to an unseemly 8:30 sunset in most of the continental U.S. and the absurdity of an 11:44 p.m. sunset in Alaska on the June 21 summer solstice.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
  • In her letter, Sassoon contended that the resulting deal calling for dismissal of the case was unseemly in two ways.
    The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.
    al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Because there are more good people than indecent ones.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023

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“Unbusinesslike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbusinesslike. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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