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inglorious

[in-glawr-ee-uhs, -glohr-] / ɪnˈglɔr i əs, -ˈgloʊr- /


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Gainsborough, Reynolds, Romney, Allan Ramsay and others caught Britain’s biggest losers in oils, allowing us to put rubicund faces to inglorious reputations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

It is not Smith’s fault that his investigation has reached such a premature and inglorious end.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2024

The ground-breaking house share at 12 Ruthin Gardens, in Cardiff, paved the way for modern-day supported living, ending a long and inglorious history of people with disabilities being consigned to institutions.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

For “When Worlds Collide,” the AAA hall of famer partnered with Hijo del Santo to take on Los Gringos Locos, a duo composed of the immortal Eddie Guerrero and the inglorious Art “Love Machine” Barr.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2023

The phrase subtly alludes to another meditation on unrealized genius, “Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,” from Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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