below sb's dignity

Frequency: 5.02.9 per million words

considered not good enough for someone to do

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Examples (10)

  • He felt that making coffee for the team was below his dignity.
  • She considered the minor role in the commercial to be below her dignity.
  • Some people think that any form of manual labor is below their dignity.
  • In his opinion, apologizing for his mistake was below his dignity.
  • She decided that responding to such a petty insult was below her dignity.
  • I refuse to beg for help; it's completely below my dignity.
  • Do you honestly believe that asking for directions is below your dignity?
  • The disgraced executive felt that working in retail was below his dignity.
  • Although struggling, she felt accepting charity was below her dignity.
  • The prince was taught that certain public behaviors were below his dignity.