(adv.) In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Yet it was still an encouraging victory for Mourinho’s team and a difficult afternoon for Tottenham Hotspur was probably summed up by the moment Dele Alli, the impudent young buck, tried to upstage Michael Carrick by slipping the ball through his opponent’s legs.
(2) Ozil is an impudent playmaker who usually flits behind the lone striker, finding space and creating opportunities with his sublime left foot.
(3) She says she saw the girls' "devilish twitching" and "committing impudences".
(4) Caballero could not keep out Emre Can’s impudent little pitch-wedge to get the penalties underway but thereafter he was unbeatable, diving to his left to turn away a decent attempt by Lucas Leiva, a hesitant one from Philippe Coutinho, and then the other way to beat out Adam Lallana’s effort for his third successive save.
(5) Henderson skied a glorious chance over from Sterling's pass and it needed an instinctive save from Lloris to prevent Sturridge scoring with an impudent back-heel.
(6) Robbing the Royal Mail was, as the trial judge, Mr Justice Edmund Davies, told Biggs , "a crime which, in its impudence and enormity, is the first of its kind in this country."
(7) The nutmeg from Messi left him on his backside and, high in the stands, Pep Guardiola could be seen with his head in his hands, howling with laughter at the impudence of his former player.
(8) The judge told them, as he sent them away for 30 years, that it was “a crime which in its impudence and enormity is the first of its kind in this country.
(9) Arsenal played at times as if it would have been impudent to trouble the Spaniard.
(10) Chelsea were stunned, almost into submission and when Lanzini, whose impudent touches and ease on the ball made him a delight to watch, carved them open with a delightful backheel, Aaron Cresswell would have made it 2-0 if Branislav Ivanovic had not deflected his effort past the left post.
(11) Both players scored within three minutes of one another and, however impudent it was for Mourinho to shake Ferguson's hand and set off for the dugout with the final exchanges of stoppage time still to be played, the truth is the game had already been won.
(12) New junior doctors' contract changes everything I signed up for Read more With sickness levels running at record levels, you would expect the government to act more sensitively and with less impudence.
(13) As a reward for my impudence, I was sent on my way with a pat on the shoulder, a "well done, son".
(14) He decorated a driving performance with an impudent nutmeg on Luka Modric.
(15) What kind of a union of partners treats one of its members like a recalcitrant colony, destroys its economy if it steps out of line, and dismisses its democracy as an impudent affront?
(16) Before being cut off by a prison official, Tolokonnikova said: "I hope they don't have the impudence to jail him – because, after all, he is even more of a media figure among the people than the members of Pussy Riot, at least in Russia .
(17) But instead of closing ranks and crushing this impudent upstart, Cameron and Brown fell over themselves to win his support.
(18) "It has become a symbol of women's freedom in western nations and with impudence they want to free her," the foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast protested last month.
(19) Add ingenious, impudent finishing and you have a footballer who truly quickens the pulse."
(20) Yet it is not so easy understanding why Rooney, playing so well in his new midfield role, needs to be rested (England’s next game would not be until Saturday at the earliest) and it is worth keeping in mind Slovakia beat Spain in qualifying and were impudent enough to win 3-1 when Germany invited them to Augsburg for a friendly a few weeks ago.
Unbecoming
Definition:
(a.) Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
Example Sentences:
(1) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of oversensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
(2) Rodgers had claimed Sterling’s behaviour was unbecoming of a professional sportsperson after footage emerged of the player appearing to pass out having allegedly taken the legal high known as laughing gas at his home near Southport.
(3) Wasn’t it unbecoming of the man dubbed the new Terrence Malick to direct scenes with genial tokers discussing pioneering methods of joint construction , or hookah-puffing sex-pest wizards ?
(4) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of over-sensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
(5) Once a thorn in the side of modern toffdom – the string of minor convictions, the stints in rehab, the unbecoming leisurewear, the infamous legal spat with Daddy – Jamie is now, at 56, a reformed, drug-free and endearingly blustery galumpher with Wurzelian hair and skin the colour of raw mince.
(6) And, 'tis true, that you don't need to look long for evidence online of behaviour unbecoming gentle men and women.
(7) The Australian’s on court demeanor has attracted praise and opprobrium in equal measure, split between those who think the game needs more characters and those who find his behaviour unbecoming.
(8) Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, said they were “unbecoming” for a president-elect and seemed to show that Trump was rankled by losing the popular vote.
(9) In politicians, it might be unbecoming to live a life of gross opulence, but showbiz is different.
(10) It's unbecoming of a great nation like Egypt , it's unbecoming of any civil society to behave like this," his father Juris Greste said.
(11) You wouldn’t immediately know it to look at him: although he knows more about men’s clothes than any other novelist I’ve ever met, he seems to feel that at his stage of life it would be unbecoming to draw too much attention to his appearance.
(12) Mark Butler, Labor’s environment spokesman, said Hunt’s criticism of Grimes was “unbecoming of an elected representative”.
(13) 11.12am: An email, from Andy Nicol: Pivoting off your discussion of Oscar Tabarez and tainted World Cup achievements, I wonder if we might consider the Suarez incident and its reception in Uruguay as just the latest in a rather unbecoming attitude towards their place in world football?
(14) Foreigners “flopping” was a debate in the US, whose national side, led by anti-diving campaigner Jürgen Klinsmann, don’t stoop that low: USA Today called it “unbecoming”; The Washington Post ran a guide: “So you think you can flop?”; The Wall Street Journal called it “soccer’s oldest and most despised tactic” and listed “average writhing times”.
(15) Cameron’s language also drew criticism from backbench Labour MPs, including Chuka Umunna , the former shadow business secretary, who said it was inflammatory and unbecoming of the prime minister’s office, and Mary Creagh, a former Labour leadership hopeful, who said it was “dehumanising language”.
(16) Americans don't prefer male bosses because men carry some sort of boss-gene on their Y chromosome; Americans prefer male bosses because male authority is respected while female authority is unbecoming, and because the expectations are set so high for women in power that it's nearly impossible for any mere mortal to meet them.
(17) "This kind of behaviour is unbecoming of a party that functions in an open democratic stage and especially one which leads the national government."
(18) Yet he describes Goldsmith’s tactics as “unbecoming of anyone wanting to lead a city like London that is so successfully multiethnic and multiracial”.
(19) He has also been disciplined by the Law Society for "conduct unbecoming ."
(20) Pacific leaders respond to Australian minister's sea level remarks Read more Noting that a meeting in Canberra was running a bit late, Dutton quipped it was running to “Cape York time”, to which Abbott replied: “We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby.” Dutton then said: “Time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door.” The president of Kiribati has since called the joke “vulgar” and “quite unbecoming of leadership”.