dismissively

dismissive | American Dictionary

dismissive
adjective
us/dɪsˈmɪs·ɪv/
showing that you think something or someone is not important and not worth considering:
a dismissive, angry look

Examples of dismissive

dismissive
The older generation becomes defensive and the youth dismissive about the prevailing agrarian moral order.
He is dismissive of the whole idea of globalisation.
But these references are very, very brief and somewhat dismissive.
Some are ambivalent about or even outright dismissive of the -edgling scholarly competition.
It is also perhaps too dismissive of variable annuities.
Worse was the seemingly dismissive and unsympathetic position of many of those in a position to ameliorate the struggling of so many thousands.
Although this had been politically useful at the time, the chancellor himself was dismissive about dispatches as a historical source.
But the editor is rather dismissive of what he terms 'a more traditional agenda based on equality and redistribution' (p. 246).
The discussion of ethical issues in the introductory section is also rather summary and dismissive.
Asked whether a forum where such exchanges could take place would be useful, all were initially at the least reticent, if not dismissive.
The first inter-party or coalition government (1948-51) was somewhat dismissive of the group.
Parental rejection included behaviors that were dismissive of the child's needs for nurturance.
He was consistently dismissive of what were obviously, at the time, serious dangers and hardships.
Not only are these assertions overstated and dismissive, but also they are levelled against a small and highly select number of sources.
In the first case, the caregiver, when challenged with his partner's illness and disease progression, either became dismissive and angry or avoided caregiving.
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