单词 | disapprovable |
释义 | disapprovableadj. Worthy of disapproval; disapproved of; (also) not worthy of approval. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval disprovable1548 improvable1604 disapprovable1610 1610 M. Stoneham Treat. First Psalme 160 What doth it I beseech you, beget and produce in them? but among other disapproueable, yea reprooueable effects. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Zzzv That manner wherein the Cassia is so long cocted, is disapproveable [L. improba]. a1747 T. Chubb Posthumous Wks. (1748) II. iii. x. 302 He was as disapprovable to God, and in as unsafe a state, after his conversion as before it. 1822 Evangelical Witness Apr. 411 There is no possibility of knowing what is right or wrong—approvable, or disapprovable, without a law. 1875 J. McCosh Sc. Philos. xii. 101 Distinguishing good and approvable actions from bad and disapprovable ones. 1907 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 4 34 The representation of the objectified self as possessing characters or exhibiting actions which..are conceived as disapprovable..is a painful representation. 1964 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 108 138/2 It is disapprovable practice for an army commander to accept gifts. 2015 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 12 Oct. Russia and the USA parked their guns on Syria's lawn, because they're unable to agree who is the most disapprovable person within firing range. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1610 |
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