Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To have an unfavorable opinion of; condemn.
- intransitive verb To refuse to approve; reject.
- intransitive verb To have an unfavorable opinion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
condemn ; consider wrong orinappropriate . - verb To refuse to
approve ;reject . - verb To have or express an
unfavorable opinion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb deem wrong or inappropriate
- verb consider bad or wrong
Etymologies
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Examples
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And yet, does Sunstein disapprove of the snitch program instituted by the White House asking supporters to report “fishy” arguments against health care reform to flag@whitehouse. gov?
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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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But to approve of X is to think or feel that X is good or right: to disapprove is to think or feel that it is bad or wrong.
Russell's Moral Philosophy Pigden, Charles 2007
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Mozilla has submitted its browser which isn't a browser for disapproval by the App Store team, though hopefully they won't -- disapprove, that is.
Blogrunner 2010
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Gallup has also shown a narrowing of his approve/disapprove, which is the lowest today it has been in months (though it is still a very healthy net +31%).
WordPress.com News 2009
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In addition, 45% approve of Obama's handling of health care, while 46% disapprove, which is up from his 41%-47% score last month.
Daily Kos 2009
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Without refining the "disapprove" group into WHY they disapprove, this is political posturing.
The Rasmussen "Presidential Approval Index": Is This Newer Measurement Worth Anything? 2010
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Now, Senator Lisa Murkowski and 41 cosponsors have proposed that Congress "disapprove" the legal finding that carbon emissions are a danger to health.
Bill Shireman: This Memorial Day, Congress Puts Their Political Lives Ahead of Ours 2010
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So I'm guessing the GQ staff might have voted "disapprove" in the approval poll.
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This results in a 33% approval rating, but lumps too hot with too cold, which are diametrically opposed results thrown into the same 66% "disapprove" group.
The Rasmussen "Presidential Approval Index": Is This Newer Measurement Worth Anything? 2010
elisif commented on the word disapprove
I disapprove of people spelling disapprove with two s's.
February 23, 2012