worthy goal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofworthyandgoal
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worthy
adjective
uk/ˈwɜː.ði/us/ˈwɝː.ði/
formal
deserving respect, admiration, ...
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goal
noun[C]
uk/ɡəʊl/us/ɡoʊl/
an area on a playing field, that usually has two posts with a net fixed behind them, where players try to send the ball in order to score in sports such as football ...
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(Definition ofworthyandgoalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofworthy goal
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On this account, the ground of one's contribution is the morallyworthygoalcoupled with certain social facts, not just the latter.
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No morally serious person would deny the great importance of human health, so its status as aworthygoalseems beyond question.
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What is sometimes forgotten, however, is that aworthygoaldoes not automatically justify all the means thereto.
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What constitutes success or aworthygoal: relief from pressure ulcers for 2 years?
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Reestablishing a sense of coherence in this population is indeed aworthygoalof therapy.
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Indeed, the process of democratic decision-making was viewed as aworthygoalto be pursued, in and of itself.
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But as to why this is aworthygoal, there is little agreement.
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Methodological rigour is certainly aworthygoal, and there is no doubt about the potential value of combining national-level analysis with attention to developments at the sectoral and union levels.
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To provide such an alliance will take great diplomatic skill, but we should all strive for such aworthygoal.
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Is this aworthygoal?
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They provide aworthygoalalways in front of us, but we want a result which will enable us to get to and from work next year.
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That is certainly aworthygoal.
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Whenever the sign of a relationship is important, statistical significance is aworthygoal.
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Whereas the latter terms are invariably unwholesome, chanda is an ethically variable factor which, when conjoined with wholesome concomitants, can function as the virtuous desire to achieve aworthygoal.
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Critics may decry the cost of compensation payments themselves, or thatgranting that compensation is aworthygoalfor the injuredlitigation is an inefficient method of giving compensation.
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This mastery is achieved by overcoming hardship, through self-discipline, and through personal striving for a perfection that one knows is not possible but remains aworthygoal.
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Even motivations toward good ends can be inappropriate if they are allowed to dominate the practical sphere and thereby preclude acting on motivations toward other worthy goals.
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We have worked together for these very worthy goals and together we have made a difference.
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The vast majority have worthy goals and can make an equally compelling case for support.
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The vast majority have understandable and worthy goals and can make an equally compelling case for support.
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