disapproval

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This action has understandably caused a level of disapproval from the American left - including Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold.

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  1. noun The act of disapproving; condemnation or censure.

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  • The tribe, fearing what it called a "hasty, arbitrary and capricious end-of-term disapproval" of its long-pending application, filed a federal lawsuit in early November 2008 charging the Interior Department with improperly changing the rules for approving Indian casinos. —  Milwaukee Business News - Local Milwaukee News | The Business Journal of Milwaukee
  • This action has understandably caused a level of disapproval from the American left - including Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold. —  FightingBob.com
  • Not long after that disapproval, a harrowing experience for a Congressperson, she withdrew a requirement that had been tacked onto legislation requiring the President to get Congressional permission to make war on Iran. —  California Literary Review
  • And you know that when the regular Uptownies drive past it they hiss disapproval, and when they sit on the patio of one overpriced bar or another they gossip about what a slut Hook Line & Sinker is and how Hook Line & Sinker is totally two-faced and wears a weave. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • Reports of the Queen's disapproval were also featured in reports by the BBC, the
 

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/dɪsəˈpruvəl/
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