passing judgment

collocation in English

meaningsofpassingandjudgment

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passing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpɑː.sɪŋ/us
/ˈpæs.ɪŋ/
moving ...
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judgment
noun
uk
/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/us
/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/
the ability to form valuable opinions and make ...
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(Definition ofpassingandjudgmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpassing judgment

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Constitutional law is not a vehicle forpassingjudgmenton r ulemakers apart frompassingjudgmenton their rules.
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People judge the reliability of scientific knowledge bypassingjudgmenton the character of the knower, a moral judgment, that is.
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Staff and carers should try to refrain frompassingjudgmenton their actions and behaviour.
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But he waspassingjudgmenton the system today, and the party opposite have beenpassingjudgmenton it for the past three years.
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I suggest that there are too many architectspassingjudgmenton the remainder of their profession.
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I should not dream ofpassingjudgmenton any passionate or vindictive statement made in the areas where these activities have taken place.
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At some time in the future perhaps we shall have an opportunity ofpassingjudgmenton it.
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I am notpassingjudgmenton that, but an inevitable consequence is that it limits the range of industry prepared to come to the city.
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I am in no waypassingjudgmenton whether the complaint constitutes a breach of privilege or contempt.
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I am not criticising orpassingjudgment.
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The interesting question is whether the amendments are necessary, but to debate that would requirepassingjudgmenton the proceedings in another place.
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Perhaps one should see, beforepassingjudgment, what are the wages in other comparable countries.
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We have a right to know, because we arepassingjudgmentin a matter of extreme constitutional importance.
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So we should wait another three years beforepassingjudgment.
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Then there is the question of people abroad who arepassingjudgmentupon us.
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I believe that that is a recipe for suspicion, grievance and the appearance ofpassingjudgmentwhen it is impossible to do that fairly.
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In that case, should we not be wiser to refrain frompassingjudgmentuntil we know what those facts are?
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It is not, therefore, obliged to consider the issue of the air operator's certificate inpassingjudgmenton the other aspects of issuing a licence.
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Obviously, we should like to have time to consider it in greater detail beforepassingjudgmentupon it.
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I was merelypassingjudgment, perhaps with a measure of partisanship, on the interventions that had occurred up to that time.
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