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  • noun Plural form of disapproval.

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Examples

  • "Her disapprovals are the 2-ton elephant in the room but a large part of the party's base seems oblivious to those numbers at this point," one Democratic strategist told me.

    Polls: Hillary Holds General Election Leads In Upper Midwest 2009

  • Of course the Re'lic party is not done with their "disapprovals" Some people are not happy unless they are complaining all the time and cutting other people down just to make themselves feel better.

    WordPress.com News 2008

  • As Lewis goes on to say, because our approvals and disapprovals are thus recognitions of objective value or responses to an objective order, therefore, emotional states can be in harmony with reason (when we feel liking for what ought to be approved) or out of harmony with reason ....

    The Truth of Beauty 2009

  • "No" votes carried nearly every county in the state, with the heaviest disapprovals coming in western North Dakota, with its wide expanses of land and ranches.

    North Dakota Voters Shoot Down Proposed Hunting Ban Lauren Etter 2010

  • Funny thing about those Ramsussen polls: During the last fiasco of a presidential adminisration, they gave the number of approvals and disapprovals, then broke it down further into "strongly" approve/disapprove.

    What Obama's reading on the Vineyard 2009

  • This will ensure that they'll run without disruption as a result of future disapprovals related to this policy.

    A change to our display URL policy 2009

  • Hovering around the 50% mark with more approvals than disapprovals?

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 26, 2010 2010

  • In light of this update to display URL policy, we'd encourage you to make any necessary changes to your ads in advance of the April 1st date to ensure that they'll run without disruption by future disapprovals related to this policy.

    An update to display URL policy 2008

  • His disapproval numbers are continuing to trend upward, but most of this comes from undecideds making up their minds, rather than approvals changing to disapprovals.

    Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch (June 2009) -- Obama v. Clinton (Second Term) 2010

  • No, that is not what he is doing: he is saying that even if dem nominees with lower disapprovals "lost" to the thugs, then, Hillary, with higher disapprovals than theirs, is ...

    Obama Campaign: We're On Our Way To Winning 2009

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