Disapprove

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  • intransitive verb. To have an unfavorable opinion of; condemn.
  • intransitive verb. To refuse to approve; reject.
  • intransitive verb. To have an unfavorable opinion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To regard with disfavor; think wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion or judgment: now generally followed by of: as, to disapprove of dancing, or of late hours.
  • To withhold approval from; reject as not approved of; decline to sanction: as, the court disapproved the verdict.
  • To express or feel disapprobation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure.
  • transitive verb. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To condemn; consider wrong or inappropriate.
  • verb. To refuse to approve; reject.
  • verb. To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. deem wrong or inappropriate
  • verb. consider bad or wrong
  • Word Usage
    "According to the Quinnipiac poll, Americans by an 18-point margin disapprove of the job President Barack Obama's doing on health care."
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    abjure  attaint  ban  belittle  bespatter  
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