unsoldierly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsoldierly
Adjective
  • The casting is incredible: Byrne is incandescent with pain and anger; Conan O’Brien plays her drolly deadpan therapist and colleague; and A$AP Rocky is her amiable neighbor and drug enabler at the hotel.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
  • Sam Neill and Rosemarie DeWitt round out the cast as the seasoned head park ranger who looks out for Turner and Turner’s amiable ex-wife, respectively.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • Professor Skye, who provides rambling, philosophy-laden meditations on albums that might at first seem out of the wheelhouse of an aging French lecturer, if that benevolent teacher vibe is your thing.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 31 July 2025
  • And its acknowledged leader, the United States, was a remarkably benevolent hegemon.
    STACIE E. GODDARD, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Warner, through Theo, became the relatable, accessible, fun, stylish (with the exception of the Gordon Gartrell catastrophe), good-natured older brother/cousin/friend that a teenager of the 1980s could hope to be or befriend.
    Mychal Denzel Smith, Time, 22 July 2025
  • Refusing to take himself too seriously, Lovett entertained with good-natured silliness and sly irreverence.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • Tim, insecure and itchy for a sense of career purpose, commits to a band tour, while Millie befriends a genial faculty colleague (Damon Herriman) who lives down the lane.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
  • This very genial revue struggles to find its rhythm, especially in the first half.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Surrounded by the high-desert peaks and grassland valleys of the Rocky Mountains’ Front Range, the gathering is known for its laidback, easygoing environment.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
  • That was the thing that gave us the ability to feel quite free in the scenes — not changing the words or changing the sense of the scene — but trust trying different things, having that bickering back and forth, finding that easygoing relationship between the two of them.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • The five moves between Leeds and Tottenham Hotspur — the former’s next highest number — might owe something to then Elland Road CEO Angus Kinnear’s cordial relationship with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, which would have made negotiations potentially run more smoothly.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 23 July 2025
  • Will these besties be able to remain cordial during what can often be a vicious campaign season?
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Even though Shakman had never tackled a production this complex, his colleagues describe him as affable and totally open to collaboration.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 16 July 2025
  • David’s way of wielding curiosity to get to common ground and policy that benefits the average American and the country’s leadership in the world – and his affable nature and good humor – will be sorely missed.
    Joan Michelson, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • Highly personable and ingratiating but with a tough core, Walters withstood critiques about the softness of her interrogatory style with celebrities and sometimes major political figures as well.
    Carmel Dagan, Variety, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Smith’s tone was self-conscious and ingratiating—at times, obsequious.
    Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2022
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“Unsoldierly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsoldierly. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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