Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hoped for; not hopeless: opposed to desperate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Hoped for, or to be hoped for.
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- adjective
hoped for
Etymologies
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Examples
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It makes no sense to have to sperate plastic into ten different kinds of bins.
The Waste of Recycling, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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To have any credibility they need produce sperate numbers on jobs saved, full time and permanant living wage jobs created, part time jobs created and how much they pay, and temp jobs created that no longer exist.
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You will need a customs broker and every class of item requires sperate entry forms.
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You will need a customs broker and every class of item requires sperate entry forms.
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You will need a customs broker and every class of item requires sperate entry forms.
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You will need a customs broker and every class of item requires sperate entry forms.
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You will need a customs broker and every class of item requires sperate entry forms.
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You will need a customs broker and every class of item requires sperate entry forms.
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You will need a customs broker and every class of item requires sperate entry forms.
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You will need a customs broker and every class of item requires sperate entry forms.
qms commented on the word sperate
What a fellow can't get by his merit
He may by his patience inherit,
And if he befriend
Rich folk near their end
His ignoble goals may be sperate.
August 13, 2015