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sportsmanlike

[ UK /spˈɔːtsmənlˌa‍ɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
    sportsmanlike conduct
    a clean fight
    a sporting solution of the disagreement

How To Use sportsmanlike In A Sentence

  • The official flagged him for unsportsmanlike conduct. Houston Chronicle
  • Throughout the tournament our team was criticized for perceived unsportsmanlike behavior.
  • The use of rules in an unfair and unsportsmanlike fashion is what makes pilots unhappy with Category I competitions.
  • See, all that girly, snively, "she hit me" stuff -- not the pushing and punching -- was unsportsmanlike conduct in Nick's book. The Parenting Post - Parenting.com
  • Both have been criticised for unsportsmanlike behaviour, but we should know better. Times, Sunday Times
  • By his code of honor, it would been unsportsmanlike to drop out.
  • Jimmy -- but you know that boy's way -- gave me the impression that he didn't condemn Jack's craze as unsportsmanlike: merely for being, as he put it, a thought bloodthirstier than any line of sport he himself felt any inclination to follow. Foe-Farrell
  • The ugly face of national pride has shown itself in the Australian Open, and it's time unsportsmanlike behaviour was eradicated
  • I also see a lot of penalties for taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct.
  • It was determined that the existing rules, as written, failed to provide the referee with the ability to warn or otherwise discipline a player for unsportsmanlike conduct or dangerous play.
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