condemn

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Dale Carnegie "Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do."

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  1. transitive verb To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food.
  2. transitive verb To pronounce judgment against; sentence: condemned the felons to prison.
  3. transitive verb To judge or declare to be unfit for use or consumption, usually by official order: condemn an old building.

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  • Dale Carnegie "Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do." —  Common Sense and Wonder
  • Given the group's long standing refusal to specifically and by name condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization, it's lack of credibility on all matters sullies anyone connected with the organization and renders meaningless its relentless pontification and political posturing.
  • And in the rush to condemn, a community and a state lost the ability to see clearly. —  LieStoppers
  • Misrepresenting the views of others in order to make their arguments easier to condemn is a bit like painting a dartboard so that the bullseye covers the entire surface. —  open Democracy News Analysis - Comments
  • It's not at all unusual for docs to condemn -- in an off-the-cuff manner in casual conversation with friends -- their disdain for the practices of others. —  Shrink Rap
 

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  1. Middle English condemnen, from Old French condemner, from Latin condemnāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + damnāre, to sentence (from damnum, penalty).

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  1. = French condamner = Provencal condampnar = Spanish condenar = Portuguese condemnar = Italian condannare, condennare = Dutch kondemneren = Danish kondemnere, from Latin condemnare, sentence, condemn, blame, from com- (intensive) + damnare, harm, condemn, damn: see damn.
 

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