(n.) Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
Example Sentences:
(1) An increased awareness of the usefulness of citation indexing as a tool for retrieval and evaluation will make this aspect of refereeing more important, and what now passes for minor carelessness or discourtesy could easily come to be regarded as serious malpractice.
(2) It is typical of a book, and a world, in which what Anji said to Fiona or Ed's discourtesy to Tony mattered – and, inside Labour , may still matter.
(3) "The first Wilson knew about it was when he saw their really very vicious tirade in the New York Review of Books, and I think he felt keenly the discourtesy of them not popping down the hall to talk to him about it."
(4) This is unacceptable and a discourtesy to Parliament."
(5) The work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith , was accused on Monday of obfuscation, hubris, discourtesy, and sweeping problems with the universal credit system under the carpet in bad-tempered exchanges with the all-party work and pensions select committee.
(6) Also investigated were 19 complaints involving discourtesy or poor judgment against men and two against women, 21 of breach of confidentiality against men and three against women, and 23 involving financial matters against men and four against women.
Incivility
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
(n.) Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
(n.) Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
Example Sentences:
(1) Like many in the town who voted FN, he complains about the lack of opportunities, the "little incivilities" he has encountered in the town centre – people throwing rubbish and youths smoking hashish.
(2) The municipal agents of the new brigade will be tasked with tracking down and punishing all the incivilities that spoil life for Parisians,” the deputy mayor, Colombe Brossel, told journalists.
(3) Steve Baker tempered his “polishing the poo” to “polishing the deal” and even the usually polite Jacob Rees-Mogg was roused to near incivility.
(4) To some people this is a cause of regret and disorientation - a change that they associate with the growing incivility of modern urban life.
(5) It has become a catch-all term for everything from minor disagreements through to annoying incivility through to criminal behaviour such as death threats.
(6) Now the city authorities are planning a dedicated “incivility brigade” to hand out warnings and fines to persuade offenders to be better behaved.
(7) The degree of verbal aggression and incivility in much online discourse is shocking.
(8) [W]here the left say that silence emboldens the racists, as I watched I wondered if the opposite wasn’t true – if this theatre of barely suppressed violence was animating them.” The objection to counter-protests often seems to be born more of a horror of incivility than of a clear appraisal of the longer term trends in a polity where nothing, not even the centre ground, is static.
(9) His abrasive and apparently autocratic leadership style sparked a campaign of whispers describing foul temper tantrums, incivility to staff and intemperate demands.