absolute disgrace
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabsoluteanddisgrace
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absolute
adjective
uk/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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disgrace
noun[U]
uk/dɪsˈɡreɪs/us/dɪsˈɡreɪs/
embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect, or behaviour that ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteanddisgracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofabsolute disgrace
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The organisers publicly declared that the state of the monuments was anabsolutedisgrace.
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The amount of money being extracted from working people in my constituency is anabsolutedisgrace.
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Does he realise that many of the abattoirs in this country are anabsolutedisgrace?
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It is anabsolutedisgrace, and whoever is responsible should be brought to boot.
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They think that this is anabsolutedisgraceand a decision which he should reverse.
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At any rate, these conditions which demand his attention are anabsolutedisgraceto our industrial employment.
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It is anabsolutedisgracein a civilised society.
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If we are, it is anabsolutedisgrace.
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I consider it anabsolutedisgracethat these people are able to come here and speak in our very own parliament.
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The chief executive has described it as—these are not my words—"anabsolutedisgrace".
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Is it not anabsolutedisgracethat the resources that should have been available to that person while he was alive were denied?
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The socialists appointed a number of politically motivated council employees, which was anabsolutedisgrace.
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It is anabsolutedisgrace, and there was not even a debate in our national parliament on actually rescuing these bust banks.
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It needs to be said loudly and clearly that such criticism is anabsolutedisgrace.
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Is it not anabsolutedisgracethat we have been presented with proposals on housing and fingerprinting which will break that convention?
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The phenomenon known as bed-blocking is anabsolutedisgrace.
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It is anabsolutedisgracethat a percentage of the dairy herds, from one end of that county to another, are riddled with tuberculosis.
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This is nothing short of anabsolutedisgraceand it represents an enormous immediate social problem.
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I take the point, and must concede at once that the conditions under which some of our civil servants work are anabsolutedisgrace.
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That is anabsolutedisgraceto our judicial system.
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