rigid interpretation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrigidandinterpretation
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rigid
adjective
uk/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/us/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/
stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...
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interpretation
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˌtɜː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌtɝː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/
an explanation or opinion of what ...
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(Definition ofrigidandinterpretationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrigid interpretation
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I suspect that there will be individual cases of potential great hardship that could be caused by arigidinterpretationof clause 70.
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Now there will be a more extended jurisdiction and a morerigidinterpretationof the community.
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My anxiety is that their recentrigidinterpretationof the obligation of lifelong confidentiality may lead to exactly the opposite result to what they want.
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It was by a toorigidinterpretationof the instructions.
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There was not therigidinterpretationbeing made now.
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We do not want a toorigidinterpretationof claims.
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Too often in the past civil liberty has been seriously encroached upon by sedition law, by a ratherrigidinterpretationof various restrictive measures.
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I should say that, whatever the age of the prisoner, he is entitled to arigidinterpretationof the law.
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To insert the word "sole" here would encourage in the minds of magistrates or of those responsible for the decisions of courts a veryrigidinterpretation.
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Is it essential in the transition for such arigidinterpretationas will not allow consumer goods to the majority of the people of this country?
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These stories have been subject to manipulation andrigidinterpretationin both classical commentary and popular literature from patriarchal societies.
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The visual system, it is maintained, prefers rigid interpretations over nonrigid ones.
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They adhered to its mostrigidinterpretation.
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