Examples of disdainful in a Sentence
He looked at the waiter with a disdainful glare.
a disdainful attitude toward authority
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His cohort of digital disrupters is disdainful of an entire domain of human endeavor, which may explain why its denizens are so eager to shed their personhood and transform into machines.
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Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
One of the more surprising parts of the book was that much of the Wall Street Bets community, or the moderators at least, really viewed themselves as separate from crypto and were even disdainful.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 10 June 2024
The GOP has dismantled much of its pipeline of foreign policy talent by becoming actively disdainful of expertise.
—Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The stereotypes about us were, and continue to be, disdainful and dismissive, mixed with a potent disgust for good measure.
—Bobi Conn, TIME, 23 May 2024
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Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
One of the more surprising parts of the book was that much of the Wall Street Bets community, or the moderators at least, really viewed themselves as separate from crypto and were even disdainful.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 10 June 2024
The GOP has dismantled much of its pipeline of foreign policy talent by becoming actively disdainful of expertise.
—Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The stereotypes about us were, and continue to be, disdainful and dismissive, mixed with a potent disgust for good measure.
—Bobi Conn, TIME, 23 May 2024
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“Disdainful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disdainful. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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disdainful
adjective
dis·dain·ful
dis-ˈdān-fəl 
: full of or expressing disdain
disdainfulness
noun
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