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Recent Examples of reprehensibly
It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.
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Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehensibly
Adverb
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But Isaacman did not directly respond to claims that NASA acted inappropriately.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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According to the investigation, the alleged victim, who was nine-years-old at the time, claimed Duggar inappropriately touched her genitals and her thighs.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.—
Daniel Holz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Caleb Crawford was convicted of indecently touching a 12-year-old girl in October 2016 and was in jail until October 2018.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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Another alleged victim said she was indecently assaulted in London in 2004.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Because every experience a child has during their early years helps create new neural connections, wiring the brain for all future learning and connecting, encounters with AI slop may literally wire the brain incorrectly.—
Dana Suskind,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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It is being framed incorrectly.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Kelli O'Hara and Rose Byrne are so unbearably funny.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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The team was forced to survive unbearably harsh conditions within the snowy mountains, with some even resorting to cannibalism.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The only way Simpson is pressed into starting duty is if something goes terribly wrong with Stafford.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Suzuki’s early struggles aren’t terribly alarming.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Journalists will suffer horribly – and screenwriters.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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That is the way that money is generated on a tour, because the overhead of touring is just horribly expensive.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Reprehensibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehensibly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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