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disrespectful

adjectiveattested in dialogue

  • //dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl//

Lacking respect.

adjective

  1. 1

    Lacking respect.

  2. 2

    irrespective, heedless, regardless

    That alone, apart from Mr. Wyse’s old-fashioned notions on the subject, made telephoning impossible, for your summons was usually answered by his cook, who instantly began scolding the butcher irrespective and disrespectful of whom you were.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English respectful English disrespectful From dis- + respectful.

Forms

comparative
more disrespectful
superlative
most disrespectful
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).