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- adjective Alternative spelling of
whiny .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective habitually complaining
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Examples
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But the complaints in the second—the ones I call the whiney reasons—have come up before.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Discipline 2009
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But the complaints in the second—the ones I call the whiney reasons—have come up before.
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I don't want to be classified as whiney and that is what made Republicans different from Democrats.
Welcome to the Tea Party: Infighting plagues conservative group 2010
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I recently came across a blog in which the debate between a "whiney" lefty and a "born lucky" righty became so acrimonious that the moderator shut it down.
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I recently came across a blog in which the debate between a "whiney" lefty and a "born lucky" righty became so acrimonious that the moderator shut it down.
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Whether or not you agree or feel that the students are being "whiney" as many educators often think with such videos -- there is a point to be made.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Whether or not you agree or feel that the students are being "whiney" as many educators often think with such videos -- there is a point to be made.
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Now I know I sound kind of whiney here, but it's not the plagiarism that bothers me so much as that fact that she (or her intern) didn't call to apologize, thank me, acknowledge the mistake or ask me for a more appropriate recipe.
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I found him to be kind of whiney and annoying, and that's about it.
Kevin Gets A New Lover On "Brothers & Sisters" Justin Van De Kamp 2006
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He called them names with the adjective "whiney" used in front of those names.
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