How to Use dismissive in a Sentence

dismissive

adjective
Definition of dismissivenext
  • Many described the property management team as dismissive, rude and hard to reach.
    — Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Rather than being annoyed or dismissive of any criticism or suggestions, embrace them and then work on them.
    — Adam Bryant, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Most people appreciate that sincerity over cliché lines (which can come off as generic and even dismissive).
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Mar. 2024
  • As a result, media coverage could be dismissive of Tanaka’s work as a director.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Characteristically, people use the word placebo in a kind of a dismissive way, right?
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 3 July 2024
  • But this dismissive view of the country underestimates the resilience of its economy.
    — Nicholas R. Lardy, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Similarly, Lowenkron realized that these students weren’t trying to be dismissive of the word’s history.
    — Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The physical pain, and dismissive responses from others, are what leads to psychological anguish.
    — Moya Crockett, refinery29.com, 18 June 2024
  • It was considered by many to be a back-handed compliment that was dismissive of the Williams’ significant accomplishments.
    — Cady Lang, Time, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Joe Kahn, Times executive editor, wasn’t having any of the dismissive sentiment.
    — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • Christie, for one, was dismissive of the idea that a split field would again help Trump.
    — Shane Goldmacher, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • If the counselor is dismissive of your needs, find a new one.
    — cleveland, 2 July 2022
  • The suit is dismissive of attempts to justify this as a form of fair use.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2023
  • At the time, many fans and some scientists were dismissive.
    — Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The other, for those who have been around U.S. Soccer for decades, is a knowing nod followed by a dismissive shake of the head.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But most of the Trump White House, cabinet and agency world was silent, or dismissive.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Both in this debate and in the past, Andreessen has been dismissive of the concerns raised by some of AI’s biggest critics.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • To many, that answer felt dismissive, as if he couldn’t be bothered to notice.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
  • Asher treats him as an old friend, even as Dougie seems mostly dismissive of him.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
  • My oldest has in the past been very disrespectful and dismissive of both my husband and me.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2024
  • Hawley was dismissive of Schmitt’s choice, pointing out that the junior senator was from the other side of the state.
    — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
  • In the recent interview, Mr. Suarez was dismissive of the trial.
    — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • There is some organic growth and improvement for Heiskanen, but to chalk it all up to that would be dismissive of the work he’s done.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This person is too dismissive of your feelings for my taste.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Her parents are dismissive of her boyfriend, the athletic Achilles, who is all muscle and no brains.
    — A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Nadler was dismissive of Cohen in a statement to Politico.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 June 2024
  • Williams described talking to a nurse who was dismissive of her complaint.
    — The New Yorker, 8 May 2022
  • All the while, Google has tried to downplay the problem and displayed a dismissive attitude ill tuned to the gravity of its conduct.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But in Nuevo León, the authorities have been more dismissive of the crisis.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The two fighters going for it Saturday have taken care not to be dismissive of it.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2023

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