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# unsportsmanlike

«unsportsmanlike» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not fair, or not following the rules of a game; not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unsportsmanlike)

### meaning for a pupil

Not fair, or not following the rules of a game; not behaving as a good sport should. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsportsmanlike/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales, animals say it is unsportsmanlike to hurt the weakest; in games it means cheating or rough play

### examples

- It was unsportsmanlike to kick the ball away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsportsmanlike/#x1)
- Shouting at the referee is unsportsmanlike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsportsmanlike/#x2)
- Hitting someone who is down is unsportsmanlike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsportsmanlike/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unsportsmanlike» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsportsmanlike/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.