Sentence examples for merely contemptible from inspiring English sources

The unsigned assessment, labeled "Talking Points on DOJ IG Report," concluded: "If the report's only achievement was to be a kick in the teeth to the Department of Justice employees whose dedicated work has prevented there from being another major terrorist attack in the U.S., it would be merely contemptible.

But as contemptible as this proven propagator of untruths is, Malone merely reflects prejudice that is increasingly rampant in austerity Britain.

Cheap fashion means two things: inexpensive, yes, but also contemptible.

This is not only surprising; it is contemptible.

This would be merely juvenile if it weren't so contemptible.

Earlier, Russert's decision not to fight in Vietnam doesn't put him in the category of contemptible baby boomers, because he is merely taking Big Russ's advice.

"Of all the casting stunts in recent Broadway infamy, the hiring of Kathie Lee Gifford for a Stephen Sondheim revue would seem to catapult the merely cynical into the legends of the outright contemptible," she wrote.

But it would still be contemptible.

David may be a pathological liar, but he's not quite contemptible.

Of the main characters, only Otho is not morally contemptible.

But that makes it no less contemptible.