Violating accepted standards or rules. Synonyms:cheating, dirty, foul, unsportsmanlike."Used foul means to gain power" , "A nasty unsporting serve" , "Fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
... transferred to slides and examined through a microscope till an advanced hour of the night. The curious part of the matter was that his house was never riotous. Perhaps he was looked on as a non-combatant, one whom it would be unfair and unsporting to rag. At any rate, a weird calm reigned over the place; and this spirit seemed to permeate the public lives of the Shieldsites. They said nothing much and they did nothing much and they were very inoffensive. As a rule, one hardly knew they ... — The Politeness of Princes - and Other School Stories • P. G. Wodehouse Read full book for free!