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  • 71exploitable — exploit UK US /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/ verb [T] ► to use or develop something for profit or progress in business: exploit resources/technology/information »We need to make sure that we exploit our resources as fully as possible. »exploit… …

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  • 72hyped — Ⅰ. hype UK US /haɪp/ noun [U] DISAPPROVING MARKETING ► advertising, news reports, and public praise for a new product or service, which is used to make people excited about buying or trying it: »marketing/advertising/media hype hype… …

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  • 73scheming — Ⅰ. scheming UK US /ˈskiːmɪŋ/ adjective DISAPPROVING ► used to describe someone who makes clever secret plans intended to deceive others: »a scheming businessman Ⅱ. scheming UK US /ˈskiːmɪŋ/ noun [U] DISAPPROVING ► …

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  • 74sexist — Ⅰ. sexist UK US /ˈseksɪst/ noun [C] DISAPPROVING HR, WORKPLACE ► someone who believes that particular jobs and activities are suitable only for men and others are suitable only for women: »My colleagues were all men and, unfortunately, all total… …

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  • 75time-serving — Ⅰ. time serving UK US noun [U] DISAPPROVING ► someone who is time serving works in a safe job and is doing as little as possible while waiting for the time that they can retire: »Corrupt time serving was common at lower levels of the state… …

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  • 76glance — I n. 1) to cast, dart, shoot; steal a glance at 2) to exchange glances 3) an admiring; amused; casual, cursory, fleeting, passing; conspiratorial; disapproving, indignant; furtive, stolen, surreptitious; imploring; knowing; meaningful,… …

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  • 77look — I n. glance expression 1) to get, have, take a look 2) to dart, shoot; steal a look 3) to give smb. a look 4) a blank, distant, faraway, vacant look (she had a faraway look in her eyes) 5) an anxious, worried; baleful; close, hard; come hither,… …

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  • 78critical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exacting, captious, censorious, faultfinding, disparaging; judicious, accurate, analytical; decisive; urgent, crucial; dangerous, risky. See disapprobation, importance, detraction. II (Roget s IV)… …

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  • 79derogatory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. depreciative, disparaging, defamatory, humiliating. See disrepute, detraction. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. belittling, disparaging, slighting, dishonoring, deprecatory, depreciatory, denigrating,… …

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  • 80Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …

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