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Disagreeable, that is, unless one looks to the future and sees something of a silver lining.
From On High 2007
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[37] Disagreeable, that is to say, as a sister and sister-in-law.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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Disagreeable as it may be for some, this necessary step should not be held hostage by budget negotiations around spending and budget balancing.
Rep. Diana DeGette: The Debt Ceiling: Simplify the Process; Solve the Problem Rep. Diana DeGette 2011
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Disagreeable neighbor, excellent comrade - Extremely light-minded, and yet very affected - Indignantly naïve, nevertheless very blasé next »
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Disagreeable as it may be for some, this necessary step should not be held hostage by budget negotiations around spending and budget balancing.
Rep. Diana DeGette: The Debt Ceiling: Simplify the Process; Solve the Problem Rep. Diana DeGette 2011
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How is it that you have found such an utterly different Robert Fiske in his Dictionary of Disagreeable English?
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Disagreeable memories of botched snow removal and mounds of uncollected of trash produced by the recent blizzard were banished to Bloomberg's rear-view mirror in a 45-minute address at a theater on Staten Island.
Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg Takes On Unions, Albany Dan Collins 2011
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Disagreeable memories of botched snow removal and mounds of uncollected of trash produced by the recent blizzard were banished to Bloomberg's rear-view mirror in a 45-minute address at a theater on Staten Island.
Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg Takes On Unions, Albany Dan Collins 2011
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Disagreeable memories of botched snow removal and mounds of uncollected of trash produced by the recent blizzard were banished to Bloomberg's rear-view mirror in a 45-minute address at a theater on Staten Island.
Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg Takes On Unions, Albany Dan Collins 2011
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These usages are from pages 30 and 43 of The Dictionary of Disagreeable English, by Robert Hartwell Fiske.
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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