better judgment

collocation in English

meaningsofbetterandjudgment

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better
adjective
uk
/ˈbet.ər/us
/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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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 ofbetterandjudgmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each time this remains implausible as long as there are strategies speaking both to knaves and knights among providers so that theirbetterjudgmentis not undermined by knavish motivations.
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Since one could in principle rely upon one'sbetterjudgment, there are prior events that render the harmful effects of expression upon self-esteem less than immediate.
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Every time he puts forward his argument he makes me want to vote against him, and sometimes against my ownbetterjudgmentand preconceived ideas.
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I do not believe that ordinary men and women think that we should be dragooned against ourbetterjudgment.
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Any man who is a man, however moderate he may be, rather than face that talk will probably give advice against his ownbetterjudgment.
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I suggest that he is not acting on hisbetterjudgment.
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We made a protest on that occasion, but ourbetterjudgmentwas overruled, and we allowed the thing to go through.
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I do not see where the power comes from to force the corporation to do things that are against itsbetterjudgment.
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They are being compelled to act against theirbetterjudgment.
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We shall then have abetterjudgmentas to how much reflation can be carried out.
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I take him for a person who has been driven, against hisbetterjudgment, into a false and untenable position.
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Other people say that this country, from long and wide experience, may perhaps have abetterjudgmentin these matters.
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We need a muchbetterjudgmentacross the whole level of products.
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It seems to me that my amendment, if accepted would not oblige health authorities to act against theirbetterjudgment.
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They may well come and put a case to him and, against hisbetterjudgment, he may decide in their favour.
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That shows the enormous danger of pressing people to disarm beyond theirbetterjudgment, or becoming too closely intermingled in their defensive arrangements.
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Enthusiasm sometimes overcomes what should have beenbetterjudgment.
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Therefore, mortgage arrears are not, as is commonly supposed, a symptom of low income people forced into home ownership against theirbetterjudgment.
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It induced managements of motor companies to disperse their new factories all over the country, against theirbetterjudgment.
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