national disgrace

collocation in English

meaningsofnationalanddisgrace

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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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 ofnationalanddisgracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnational disgrace

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But this again is the reaction of an old fogey, for whom an opera like this can only be anationaldisgrace.
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That matter was a scandal and anationaldisgrace.
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The wage that the farm labourer gets is anationaldisgrace.
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The shortage of radium in this country is, it seems to me, anationaldisgrace.
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This is now a positive political scandal and is rapidly becoming anationaldisgrace.
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It is anationaldisgracethat so few reservoirs are available.
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The number of people in prison is anationaldisgracefor which we must all take some responsibility.
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The wage rates of some manual workers in universities and colleges of higher education are anationaldisgrace.
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Currently, 180,000 17 and 18-year-olds are not receiving education, work or training: that is anationaldisgrace.
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Indeed, the overcrowding in our mental hospitals is little short of anationaldisgrace.
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He said that it was a national shame, anationaldisgrace, that we should send an army as badly equipped as that.
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It is anationaldisgracewhich the whole nation—all of our citizens as ratepayers—should be helping to remedy.
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The behaviour of such people has been anationaldisgracefor years.
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The way that so many councils administer planning law is anationaldisgrace.
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Indeed, it is anationaldisgraceand the failure of all parties to come to agreement is astounding.
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The keeping of dogs in unsuitable conditions is bordering on anationaldisgrace.
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Is not one of the most important questions to be investigated that of why a national game is becoming anationaldisgrace?
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That is anationaldisgrace, as well as unsafe.
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Those privatised companies—which, as nationalised industries, were anationaldisgrace—are now international winners.
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The notice of implementation of that directive—a mere 45 days at the height of the summer season—was little short of anationaldisgrace.
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