as in foul
not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport
was suspended for unsportsmanlike conduct
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Recent Examples of unsportsmanlike
Tampa Bay got a power play out of it, with Tkachuk and Evan Rodrigues to the box for roughing for Florida and Conor Geekie to the box to Tampa for unsportsmanlike conduct.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Users seemed to rally around Boisson, calling out Dart’s unsportsmanlike conduct.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Turner received a black card for her decision to take a knee, leading to her expulsion from the tournament for serious infractions or unsportsmanlike behavior.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Play nice Eagles starting safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson got ejected after drawing his second unsportsmanlike play of the game — one of 10 penalties for the Birds.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Users seemed to rally around Boisson, calling out Dart’s unsportsmanlike conduct.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Turner received a black card for her decision to take a knee, leading to her expulsion from the tournament for serious infractions or unsportsmanlike behavior.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Play nice Eagles starting safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson got ejected after drawing his second unsportsmanlike play of the game — one of 10 penalties for the Birds.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsportsmanlike
Adjective
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When the ball dinged off the right-field foul pole, a euphoric Crow-Armstrong tossed his bat toward the Cubs dugout and pounded his chest before rounding the bases to celebrate the grand slam and second home run of the game.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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That didn’t leave enough time to evaluate if Rooker’s double bounced off the wall or the foul pole.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Some widely circulated by partisan sources were certainly unfair to Biden.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
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The government argues that Google's control of Chrome, the world's most popular browser, drives traffic to its search engine and revenue to the company — which the DOJ calls an unfair advantage.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.—
James Bruggers,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2017
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.—
Lisa Beebe,
Los Angeles Magazine,
5 July 2017
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Well, as referenced above, the United States was coming out of a nasty recession tied to the crisis in the mortgage market.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Depending on a team to string together hits — or even contact — to score multiple runs in an inning against pitchers with nasty stuff is a hard way to win.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Unsportsmanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsportsmanlike. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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