mild criticism

collocation in English

meaningsofmildandcriticism

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mild
adjective
uk
/maɪld/us
/maɪld/
not violent, severe, ...
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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 ofmildandcriticismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmild criticism

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Amildcriticismis the editors' lack of an explanatory note on the process of selection of extracts, though this is a minor point.
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My onlymildcriticismof the committee's report is that it is a pity that the committee was not a little more forthright.
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But the three parties and many others besides are not voicingmildcriticismor reservations.
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I incurred a littlemildcriticismfor doing this last year.
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I should like to repeat two of the arguments in a rather different form and to make one severe and onemildcriticism.
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Paragraph 272 makes somemildcriticismof these sorts of activities.
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There ismildcriticismof the continued expropriation of land for the construction of the so-called ‘security fence’.
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To call the operation byzantine would seem only amildcriticism.
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I have somemildcriticismto make of the provision for physical training and recreation.
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This is a verymildcriticism, because the workers realise that they have a responsibility.
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I take up first hismildcriticismabout the timing.
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The question of the income limits has also been the subject of a certain amount ofmildcriticism.
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Amildcriticismof the report is that paragraphs 60 and 61 on the siting and colour of speed cameras were a little harsh.
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Mymildcriticismis in relation to the increase in the spirit tax and the tobacco tax.
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I offer thismildcriticismin the hope that it will have some effect upon future policy.
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It was meant to be amildcriticismof us.
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My onlymildcriticismof the resolutions is that they do not go far enough.
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I assure him that anymildcriticism, either in the course of this short debate or in any other, is not meant to be obstructive.
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This may be a note ofmildcriticism.
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This is only amildcriticism, but in a way it would have been helpful to have the list this evening.
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