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• The word "lazy", when used to describe a person's unwillingness to work, is a disapproving word.From the entry disapproving
• The administrator let the minor infraction slide with only a disapproving look.From the entry let slide
• Ballots usually last 30–60 days, during which balloters can approve, disapprove or abstain with or without comments.2018, Saad Asif, 5G Mobile Communications: Concepts and Technologies. From the entry balloter
• "Stink eye" is a Hawaiian pidgin expression for a disapproving glance, a mean or dirty look.2015, John H. Elliot, Beware the Evil Eye Volume 1, page 24. From the entry stink eye
• Kamil's parents disapprove of Marilyn because her family is poor and lower class.2011, Jeannette Marie Mageo, Dreaming Culture: Meanings, Models, and Power in U.S. American Dreams, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry hypergamously
• Vanderbilt said: “I have two very WASPy friends who are quite disapproving.2009 June 17, Charles McGrath, quoting Gloria Vanderbilt, “At 85, a Brahmin in Blue Jeans Writes of Sex, Masks and Veggies”, in The New…. From the entry waspy
• Smooching up to him, if you want my honest opinion." CASSANDRA: (Looks disapproving) "Womanful behaviour?"2002, Naked Justice (a drama) by John Mortimer. p.43. From the entry womanful
• A man in shabby dinner clothes and sleeked-down dandruffy hair came forward, already disapproving.1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, HarperCollins, published 1993, page 33. From the entry dandruffy
• Older adults are also found to under-accommodate young people's needs by being overly nurturing, disapproving their behaviors, or not listening.2017, Mike Allen, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods, →ISBN. From the entry under-accommodate
• Baddy Two Shoes is the secret self we act out behind the scenes so people will not disapprove of us.2009 May, Gary Bowlin, “Fearing”, in Vitally Alive! The Blossoming of the Human Personality: A God-Centered, Christian Perspective…. From the entry baddy two shoes
• Not only do many people disapprove of us for being fat; they feel perfectly free to show it.2006, Michael S. Berman, Laurence Shames, Living Large: A Big Man's Ideas on Weight, Success, and Acceptance. From the entry unfat
• It's 'dragon fodder', what errant German husbands give their wives when they've been up to something she'll disapprove of.2005 April 16, Roger Whitehead, uk.rec.photo.misc (Usenet). From the entry Drachenfutter
• One might characterize it as "bad behavior"—not impeachment-worthy but nevertheless deserving, in the eyes of disapproving legislators, of some direct reaction.2004, Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, volume 10, page 116. From the entry impeachment-worthy
• Many people who disapprove of alcohol are actually terrified of losing control, which is the attitude of a nonadept.2003, Kala Trobe, The Witch's Guide to Life, page 96. From the entry nonadept
• But his Lutheran teachers in Downpatrick disapproved of this view.2002, Jonathan F. Krell, transl., Eleazar, Exodus to the West, Lincoln, Neb.; London: University of Nebraska Press, translation of Éléazar…. From the entry paleotestamentary
• "Seeing as you disapprove of us doing soldiery properly."2000, Dave Freer, Eric Flint, Rats, Bats and Vats. From the entry burglaree
• The waiter will be dissatisfied with those who leave a smaller but more rational mancia.’ ‘You disapprove of generosity?1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers. From the entry mancia
• An observer who sharply disapproves of certain leadership practices, for example, will have difficulty in preventing a bias.1951, Research Methods in Social Relations: Selected techniques, page 530. From the entry overcode
• Ladybug hesitated to speak her mind right out to a person if she happened to disapprove of him.1921, Arthur Scott Bailey, chapter 13, in The Tale of Mrs. Ladybug. From the entry speak one's mind
• Plato disapproved of competition for praise on the grounds that it would tempt the great to bend to the will of the crowd.2013 September 6, David Cox, “Celebrity rules even Hawking's universe”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 30. From the entry suppose
• Besides, I disapprove of king skins.2012, Ian Marchant, Something of the Night. From the entry king skin
• What is clear from this hiss-and-tell diary is that Hoddle feels immune to any downward glances, any disapproving charge from his bosses at the FA.1998 August 12, Rob Hughes, “Spoiled Soccer Fraternity Sets Poor Example: Hoddle Hiss-and-Tell Tells a Tale of Greed”, in The New York Times. From the entry hiss-and-tell
• By recognising PMS as a clinical entity women are allowed to Indulge In socially disapproved behaviours, and thus have a safety valve for their resentment.1980, British Social Biology Council, Social Biology and Human Affairs. From the entry PMS
• The boy disapproved of him wholly.1914, Percival Christopher Wren, “The Sword and the Soul”, in Snake and Sword: A Novel, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co.…. From the entry swelly
• The Conference finally ratifies or disapproves.1912, Noah Ablett, The Miners' Next Step. From the entry ratify
• Investigations show that the Primus disapproves of the Archon's single-minded interest in Remnant technology, believing it to be a distraction from the kett's attempts to conquer Heleus.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City, Calif.: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kett: Primus Codex entry. From the entry at odds
• Any little thing, and at every petty little turn, if I did something he disapproved of, which was everything, he'd set his stunrod on low and hit me.2016 July 8, Fey Truet, Altered World, →ISBN, unnumbered page. From the entry stunrod
• Howsabout now?” This is the way it would go whenever I showed up at Patsy's, a dual of digs and wisecracks with the disapproving groans of those within earshot.2013, Frank De Blase, Pine Box for a Pin-Up. From the entry fracture
• He loved the house he’d built and occupied, and when activities happened there that his Puritanical soul disapproved of, he came to scare the current occupants straight.2010 November/December (published in Fantasy & Science Fiction), Albert E. Cowdrey, “Death Must Die”, in Otto Penzler, editor, The Big…. From the entry puritanical
• The female attendant, face like a headman's axe, walking down between the tall brown doors, carrying a yellow duster, landlady of all she surveyed, commentless, unseeing and disapproving.1968, Keith Claire, Duringwitch, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →ISBN, pages 19–20. From the entry commentless
• On the other hand, there are persons who have continually disapproved of the principle of compensation for a wrong given up, or the loss of an advantage unrighteously purchased.1900, Josephine Elizabeth Butler, Native Races and the War. From the entry unrighteously
• John is white, Della is Black, and any interracial relationship isn’t just a legal dead end, but a threat to their very lives from the disapproving world that surrounds them.2020 September 28, Alex McLevy, “Marilynne Robinson finds transcendence in the stunning, soul-searching Jack”, in The A.V. Club, archived…. From the entry weepie

Meaning of disapprove

1. verb To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
2. verb To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
3. verb To refuse to approve; reject.

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Questions about disapprove in a sentence

How do you use disapprove in a sentence?

Disapprove is used as a verb. For example: “She disapproves of rap music because of its sometimes aggressive lyrics.”

What is a short sentence with disapprove?

“Besides, I disapprove of king skins.”

What does disapprove mean?

Disapprove means to condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.