dismissive
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definition
adjective
he is too dismissive of the importance of the industrialists
feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration.
example
It's much easier to be hyperbolic, or 'dismissive' , or to give up trying to make judgments and just stick to writing lists.
He was 'dismissive' of his television work, saying it had paid the rent and bought the groceries, and was now behind him.
I don't remember buying it, she said with a 'dismissive' flick of the wrist.
Yet overall, the summer school flaunted a 'dismissive' attitude toward folk history.
The sceptical scribe answered in the negative; Palmer was annoyed at the 'dismissive' response.
I tried explaining my feud with the waiter, but Jennifer was 'dismissive' .
She is 'dismissive' of talk that the island is any less deserving of public support than any other community in Scotland.
Woodward, you can also gather, wouldn't have been so 'dismissive' if England had been on the receiving end.
Such a 'dismissive' and negative view of these two giants isn't fair, of course.
I think the 'dismissive' way people have been dealt with is a disgrace.
Miss Regan complained to the manager but said he was 'dismissive' of her complaint and walked off while she was still talking to him.
The 'dismissive' attitude was previously the star quality of the north.
The same sort of 'dismissive' attitude is evident in response to the latest findings.
Vivek says that some senior professors have been 'dismissive' of their ideas.
He is 'dismissive' of the tyranny of email, pagers and mobile phones.
Both Dodge and Hollis were sceptical of the worth of intervention and 'dismissive' towards the coalition.
I've been watching all this California stuff with a really 'dismissive' attitude.
He denied the trust had been 'dismissive' towards Mr Blackbird and his family.
And did you feel that your colleagues were being 'dismissive' of you because of that?
Some of the regulars are 'dismissive' and civilians don't view them with the same respect as they do the full-timers.
Asked to reveal more of the owner, she says 'dismissively' , ‘Oh, I think he's something in buying and selling.’
‘He has to show he's capable of doing it himself,’ Abrams answered 'dismissively' .
It would be hard to imagine a contemporary crime writer referring so 'dismissively' to their audience.
But I do think that the fascination, condemnation, and 'dismissiveness' of a lot of the talk about it speaks to the misogyny of our culture.
And while I've been quite vocal in my 'dismissiveness' about graphic design's power to save the world, I briefly found renewed hope yesterday in this feisty, if frustrating campaign season.
But Ruth is treated almost as 'dismissively' as Kimberly.
It is another example not only of 'dismissiveness' of the lesser code, but insensitive timing also.
‘What I see is a familiar pattern of awareness, but also 'dismissiveness' ,’ he says.
‘I don't know where this stuff comes from, it's nonsense, nonsense,’ he says 'dismissively' .
Airy 'dismissiveness' can be an effective weapon.
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