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View synonyms for unsportsmanlike

unsportsmanlike

/ ʌnˈspɔːtsmənˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. lacking in sportsmanship
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Three unsportsmanlike penalties against the Bruins contributed to Nebraska’s scoring drives.

Upon further review, Foster did not dispute the three unsportsmanlike conduct penalties against his team that helped Nebraska score each of its touchdowns Saturday.

Foster then resumed discussing his players who looked dominant in the early going against the Cornhuskers before making the plays needed to prevail after a shaky stretch that included repeated unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.

But as the boos from the sellout crowd of 87,453 serenaded the Cornhuskers, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after the play on Oladejo for taunting gave Nebraska a first down.

An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty pushed the Gophers into the red zone and another pass interference call in the end zone placed Minnesota at the goal line.

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