total disgrace
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftotalanddisgrace
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total
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.təl/us/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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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 oftotalanddisgracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is atotaldisgraceand must be sorted out.
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What is taking place now is atotaldisgrace.
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It is little short of atotaldisgrace.
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In this 50th anniversary year of victory in the second world war, is that not atotaldisgrace?
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That is atotaldisgrace, about which we should hang our heads in shame.
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That is atotaldisgraceand does nothing to enhance the standing of an ancient profession worthy of the highest respect.
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It is atotaldisgrace.
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It was atotaldisgrace.
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The present system is atotaldisgrace.
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That is atotaldisgrace.
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Motorway verges and our roadsides are atotaldisgrace.
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This is perhaps not a matter purely for the legal profession but it certainly needs to be looked at because the present situation is atotaldisgrace.
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But this does not stop him from his brilliant and unscrupulous political intrigues and ultimate,totaldisgrace(p. 428).
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