parroting
present 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
Examplesofparroting
parroting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Although it is not possible to know how deep children's processing was in our experiment, their errors show that they were notparrotingthe input.
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Aparrotingeffect has been noted in speech interfaces in which the user will tend to respond using the same words that occur in the prompt.
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It is not a question of usparrotingother peoples' concerns.
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Only one sits on the sidelines,parroting"constructive engagement", but failing to come up with clear parameters and policies for the future.
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She has nothing to say on these issues, except to go round the worldparrotingabout the need to protect national sovereignty.
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All they got was the usual complacent, superficialparrotingof the empty nonsense about commitments and guarantees.
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Labour would earn more respect if it spelt out in detail what it expected the electorate to accept:parrotingslogans is not enough.
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They are merelyparrotingthe cries for yet another tax burden on people who can ill afford to pay.
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They are prepared to sit in a state of paralysis,parrotingthe view that the proposition is merely theoretical.
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Does he agree that simplyparrotingout the ten commandments does not get us anywhere?
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Simplyparrotingthe words "botched privatisation"or"fatally flawed" gets everyone nowhere.
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There has beenparrotingof various slogans, but no real strategy has been put in place.
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Untrammelled too perhaps by the mindlessparrotingof the fashionable and politically correct shibboleth, that the hereditary principle is indefensible.
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That is a legitimate debate and theparrotingof proportional representation as the only way forward is inappropriate for serious people trying to discuss the matter.
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The verbparrotingcan be found in the dictionary, and means to repeat by rote.
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- left-winger
- left-winger
- left-wing ideology
- left-wing opposition
- left-wing party
- left-wing politician
- left-wing view
- left wrist
- lefty
- leg
- legacy
- legal
- legal academic
- legal action
- legal-action
- legal advice
- legal adviser
- legal aid
- legal-aid
- legal arena
- legal argument
- legal aspect
- legal asset
- legal-asset
- legal assistance