unsporting

1. 1.

   violating accepted standards or rules

   “a dirty fighter”

   “used foul means to gain power”

   “a nasty unsporting serve”

   “fined for unsportsmanlike behavior”

   Synonymscheatingdirtyfoulunsportsmanlike

   Similarunfair

Questions about unsporting

What does unsporting mean?

unsporting means "violating accepted standards or rules".

How many syllables are in unsporting?

unsporting has 3 syllables: un-spor-ting. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for unsporting?

Close synonyms include cheating, dirty, foul, unsportsmanlike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unsporting a common word?

unsporting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.