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- adjective Alternative spelling of
unpatronizing .
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Examples
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Elaine's book about Ferriday is stunningly good, unpatronising and deeply human. properly taking the focus away from her salacious personal life and onto her work, particularly her later non-fiction stuff: Elvis and Gladys and Ferriday, Louisiana.
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Elaine's book about Ferriday is stunningly good, unpatronising and deeply human. properly taking the focus away from her salacious personal life and onto her work, particularly her later non-fiction stuff: Elvis and Gladys and Ferriday, Louisiana.
A Different Stripe: 2008
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It avoids the cardinal sin of teen TV by remaining thoroughly unpatronising and fills a gaping hole in music programming that most channels wouldn't even consider.
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Some critics have accused Jonze of attempting to make an adult movie from a children's book, but any kid who responded to Sendak's source will find the same sense of recognition in this admirably unpatronising "family" film.
Up in the Air; Precious; Adoration; Where the Wild Things Are 2010
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It's well-observed, unpatronising, clumsy and occasionally tentative, but always direct and honest.
Bronco Bullfrog 2010
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The late presenter Geoff Hamilton became a role model, both for his unpatronising manner and enthusiasm qualities she herself has in spades and for the gradual way he embraced organics.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Morpurgo, a former primary schoolteacher, really came alive when speaking with the children in the audience - his mood avuncular and warm, yet direct and unpatronising.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Sameer Rahim 2011
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Whip It immensely for its unpatronising view of provincial life and for the vigour of the performances: Juliette Lewis and Drew Barrymore throw themselves into it as veteran skaters with the bruises and bloody noses to prove it.
Culture | guardian.co.uk Philip French 2010
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PF The performance I enjoyed most was Meryl Streep's funny, endearing, unpatronising TV cook Julia Childs in
Film | guardian.co.uk Jason Solomons 2010
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As a family man, he was a rare exemplar of kindness and unpatronising wisdom; he displayed, as a writer, an equally uncommon lack of resentment towards those ill-disposed toward his work and opinions.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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