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empty letter

empty letter noun: a promise that is not intended to be fulfilled.

Noun

empty letter (plural empty letters)

  1. a promise that is not intended to be fulfilled
    • "According to Thorpe: 'The renewed social contract implied by the 1979 Constitution became virtually an empty letter.'”1979 April, Luis van Isschot, Pacificacion y Desarrollo: Clientelism, Community Kitchens, and the Articulation of Social Policy in Contemporary Peru

Forms of empty letter

pluralempty letters

Questions about empty letter

What does empty letter mean?
Empty letter means a promise that is not intended to be fulfilled.
What part of speech is empty letter?
Empty letter is a noun.
What is the plural of empty letter?
The plural of empty letter is empty letters.

Words near empty letter in the dictionary

  1. empty functions
  2. empty graph
  3. empty graphs
  4. empty leaf
  5. empty leaves
  6. empty letter
  7. empty morph
  8. empty morpheme
  9. empty morphemes
  10. empty morphs
  11. empty nest

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