as in disapprovals
refusal to accept as right or desirable
fans showed their displeasure by loudly booing the umpire
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Noun
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Majority disapprovals were recorded among the remaining topics − all of which have dominated headlines in the last several months.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026 -
To some extent the attention that CRA’s get makes makes sense, as these disapprovals tend to zero in on some of the most prominent recent regulatory activity.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The company claims it is being shut out for disagreeing with the administration and argues the legal principles at stake affect every federal contractor whose views the government dislikes.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Cole dislikes when stairs are carpeted or when the runner extends to the baluster and the wall.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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But DuBois has written a usefully ambivalent book, one that looks for a way to reconcile younger writers’ criticisms of Stanton with her own loyalty to the early women’s-rights activists.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Playing with Connor McDavid One of the lazier criticisms of Bouchard comes from his playing time with Connor McDavid.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Displeasures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displeasures. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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