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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
malign .
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Examples
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If your group "maligns" murderers for committing murder, then, by this definition, it is a hate group.
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While professing great respect for certain parts of the Western tradition that she relentlessly maligns, Ms. Vowell cannot appreciate the density of its legacy, its bewildering fecundity.
History With Wisecracks Alec Solomita 2011
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Perhaps, we can keep that in mind the next time someone maligns the mentally ill.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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Unfortunately, Beck has not accepted my invitation to have a dialogue about the real meaning of "social justice," which he so regularly maligns.
Jim Wallis: Beck, Nazi's and Civil Dialogue Jim Wallis 2010
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Perhaps, we can keep that in mind the next time someone maligns the mentally ill.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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We crucify a policeman for doing what any policeman would do in the same situation, and the President openly maligns him and his department, and when he realizes he's done wrong, you post the barest – literally, you have done the bare minimum here – acknowledgment of that fact?
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Whatever led to your divorce, whether it was infidelity or irreconcilable differences, was a violation of the marriage vows the two of you took; to speak publicly about it in a way that maligns either your ex or the marriage is a continuation of that violation, and it perpetuates the negative behavior that has already taken place.
Dr. Jane Greer: The Court of Appeal - The New YouTube Dr. Jane Greer 2011
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Perhaps, we can keep that in mind the next time someone maligns the mentally ill.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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Whatever led to your divorce, whether it was infidelity or irreconcilable differences, was a violation of the marriage vows the two of you took; to speak publicly about it in a way that maligns either your ex or the marriage is a continuation of that violation, and it perpetuates the negative behavior that has already taken place.
Dr. Jane Greer: The Court of Appeal - The New YouTube Dr. Jane Greer 2011
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Perhaps, we can keep that in mind the next time someone maligns the mentally ill.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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