Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liable to be dismissed or discharged from office; removable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective subject to dismissal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That may be
dismissed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective subject to dismissal
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Examples
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I argued last month that ghettoizing Canadian shows in coverage was one of the major subtle signals that point and contribute to the "dismissible" mentality of "Canadians don't want to watch Canadian shows."
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But unless it's really in someone's face, is that really a dismissible offence.
Guardian Viral Video Chart: City cycling, Steve Jobs on Apple's new HQ 2011
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But unless it's really in someone's face, is that really a dismissible offence.
Guardian Viral Video Chart: City cycling, Steve Jobs on Apple's new HQ 2011
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The overpriced teriyaki at Bryant Park is dismissible.
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And when the anger moves from more easily dismissible protesters in Lower Manhattan to a larger swath of the American citizenry, comments like Perry's "I don't care about that" will not be received well.
Mitchell Bard: Income Inequality Is the Achilles Heel in the GOP Strategy to Demonize Occupy Wall Street Mitchell Bard 2011
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"There is no more dismissible figure on the street than an old woman," Streep said.
Karin Kasdin: Watching The Iron Lady Melt Karin Kasdin 2012
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Somebody earned his way by offing one of the dismissible masses of which we are all a apart.
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And when the anger moves from more easily dismissible protesters in Lower Manhattan to a larger swath of the American citizenry, comments like Perry's "I don't care about that" will not be received well.
Mitchell Bard: Income Inequality Is the Achilles Heel in the GOP Strategy to Demonize Occupy Wall Street Mitchell Bard 2011
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They saw these omnipresent portrayals as creating the perception in the United States that anything Arab was almost inherently bad or anti-American; therefore Arabs, Arab Americans, their speech, or their perspectives were easily dismissible and politically risky.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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They saw these omnipresent portrayals as creating the perception in the United States that anything Arab was almost inherently bad or anti-American; therefore Arabs, Arab Americans, their speech, or their perspectives were easily dismissible and politically risky.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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