parroted
past simple and past participle ofparrot
parrot
verb[T]
disapprovinguk/ˈpær.ət/us/ˈper.ət/torepeatexactlywhat someoneelsesays, withoutunderstandingit orthinkingaboutitsmeaning:
She doesn't have anoriginalthoughtin herhead- she just parrots anything that Sara says.
Saying again
- dinsomethingintosomeone
- drill
- drum
- drumsomethingintosomeone
- flog
- flogyourselfto deathidiom
- hammer
- iterate
- labour
- labour the pointidiom
- reaffirm
- rehearse
- relay
- rephrase
- restate
- restatement
- retell
- retread
- retweet
- run over/throughsomething
Examplesofparroted
parroted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
By using such aparrotedform of words, she manifests her distance, her fundamental homelessness in relation to what is happening around her.
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They found a language that could be easily understood, and, indeedparrotedat the popular level : ideology.
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Second, to the extent that the compilers were following judicial pronouncements, theyparrotedill-phrased definitions: they were just following the precedent of judges who were less than adept at defining.
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He has insinuated the unsubstantiated figure into the minds of sympathetic journalists who, naturally enough,parrotedit in last week's papers.
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Like so many members of his party, he just shouts outparrotedcomments while not understanding what he is talking about.
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In the past, those on the rightparrotedthe mantra, "management's right to manage".
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Inevitably, many women assume that nothing can be done because the phrase "domestic dispute" isparrotedas an incantation for inaction.
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A phraseparrotedby everyone stated that high unemployment was inevitable and that we should adjust to it accordingly.
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It is his first mistake, for the simple reason that he hasparroteda brief which has been prepared for him for which he is not entirely responsible.
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Apart from the last two speakers, everyone has simplyparrotedwhat they have read in the paper, heard on the radio or seen on the television.
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The moral component is that the offender must recognise, not simply by theparrotedplea of guilty, but much more fundamentally that he or she has done a deep wrong.
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Many left-wing professors gave one-sided presentations of subjects, expecting their views to beparrotedon papers and exams.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Political leaders and newspaper mediaparrotedallegations, impressions and cartoons for two months, mocking the immigrants waiting in the boat at sea.
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- lie-in-sth
- lie in wait
- lie-in-wait
- lie low
- lie-low
- lien
- lienee
- professional-advice
- professional army
- professional artist
- professional aspirations
- professional association
- professional association
- professional athlete
- professional auditor
- professional background
- professional ballet
- professional baseball
- professional basketball
- professional broadcaster
- professional capacity
- professional career
- professional caregivers
- professional circuit
- professional client