seem degrading
Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words
Used to describe something that appears to cause a loss of self-respect.
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- The new uniform policy might seem degrading to some employees.
- At first, the tasks he was given seemed degrading, but he later understood their importance.
- It would seem degrading to have to ask for money every day.
- Forcing them to wear those costumes seemed particularly degrading.
- Doesn't it seem degrading to treat people like numbers on a spreadsheet?
- Having to clean up other people's messes for minimum wage can seem degrading.
- While the initiation ritual might seem degrading to an outsider, it is a cherished tradition for the members.
- The way he is treated by his boss seems degrading to everyone in the office.
- To be publicly scolded in front of your peers would seem degrading to anyone.
- Although the job itself was important, the constant micromanagement seemed degrading and unnecessary.