heavy criticism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheavyandcriticism
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heavy
adjective
uk/ˈhev.i/us/ˈhev.i/
weighing a lot, and needing effort to move ...
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criticism
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
the act of saying that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofheavyandcriticismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofheavy criticism
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This plan attractedheavycriticismfrom all sides.
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On page 10 there is some prettyheavycriticism.
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The last 18 months or two years have witnessedheavycriticismof local government.
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Despite that background, there washeavycriticismof the methodology used to construct the 1998 index.
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All of us know that it is part of the hazards of political life that we must be subjected toheavycriticism.
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There has also beenheavycriticismby two great sailors and others about the shortage of money.
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All forests have come underheavycriticismfor despoiling the countryside with large blocks of green.
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Of the islands concerned one was underheavycriticismand receiving heavy defence.
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Tendering and contracting difficulties also came in forheavycriticism.
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That is a prettyheavycriticismof our system.
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The trade unions are obviously concerned about the extent of self-handling, but the proposal has also come underheavycriticismfrom ports, port companies, pilots and even ship owners.
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It has been subjected toheavycriticism.
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It has come underheavycriticism.
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Is it any wonder that it is a half-baked plan, or that it has come under suchheavycriticismfrom many medical people who are not in politics at all?
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These omissions justifyheavycriticism.
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I do not wish to take issue with that except to say that there is one part of the department which is coming under veryheavycriticism.
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The show receivedheavycriticismfrom fans and sportswriters, citing it as nonsensical and irrelevant.
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He worked on four songs only, afterheavycriticismof her ability to release a record without his help.
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These experiments came underheavycriticismat the time but have ultimately been vindicated by the scientific community.
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This was praised on its completion, though during the period of construction he receivedheavycriticism from ill-informed observers, which worsened his health.
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