51³Ō¹Ļ

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discourteous

[dis-kur-tee-uhs]

adjective

  1. not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude.

    a discourteous salesman.



discourteous

/ »åÉŖ²õˈ°ģɜː³ŁÉŖÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. showing bad manners; impolite; rude

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • discourteously adverb
  • discourteousness noun
  • »å¾±²õˈ³¦“dzܰł³Ł±š“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
  • »å¾±²õˈ³¦“dzܰł³Ł±š“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of discourteous1

First recorded in 1570–80; dis- 1 + courteous
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Example Sentences

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Mitchell also made ā€œdiscourteousā€ and ā€œundignifiedā€ comments regarding a defendant’s physical appearance, the commission wrote.

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In April 2022, Boutte filed a complaint against Lalaind for allegedly ā€œbeing discourteous to a member of the publicā€ at a grocery store and purchasing alcohol on duty for cooking, according to the lawsuit.

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Her assessment of his political skills may have been prescient but it was not well received by some of her parliamentary colleagues who regarded it as disloyal and discourteous.

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Mr Grueber said that while the behaviour of the women hadn't disrupted the hearing, it was "inappropriate, discourteous and disrespectful, and at worst contumelious and contemptuous".

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Firing the puck in when play is stopped is not only discourteous, but dangerous.

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