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# disrespectful

adjective (disrespectful, more disrespectful, most disrespectful)

«disrespectful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Disrespectful means rude and not showing respect or care for someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#m1)

### In the lessons

In lessons on manners and behaviour it names actions like interrupting, rolling your eyes, calling names, ignoring teachers or damaging other people's things. In stories it shows a character being rude. Phrases: «disrespectful to / towards», «it is disrespectful to …».

### Examples

- It is disrespectful to talk while someone else is speaking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#x1)
- He was sent out for being disrespectful to the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#x2)
- Writing on library books is disrespectful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#x3)
- She didn't mean to be disrespectful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#x4)
- Laughing at someone's accent is disrespectful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#x5)
- Being disrespectful to older people is unkind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#x6)
- Walking on graves is seen as disrespectful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#x7)
- “I wasn’t meaning to be disrespectful.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/#x8)

### Note

«Dis-» means not: dis-respect-ful = not full of respect. Opposite: «respectful», «polite». Noun: «disrespect». Use «to» or «towards» for the person. Not a number word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disrespectful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disrespectful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disrespectful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disrespectful.html) on Mova free.