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Description of exceptionable (adjective)
objectionable; may be protested

Samples of exceptionable
It is true that the establishment Whigs found it increasingly necessary to downplay the original contract and the right of resistance, and came to argue that resistance was only allowable in exceptionable circumstances, such as those of 1688.

Determination of exceptionable
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Description of trivial (adjective)
unimportant; small; worthless; minor

Samples of trivial
Although her mother felt otherwise, she considered her dish washing chore trivial.



   
Description of pertinacious (adjective)
clinging doggedly to an opinion or purpose; stubborn

Samples of pertinacious
Another incident which raised sovereignty as a public and formal issue was more complex: the formal cause was not indignation but the pertinacious enthusiasm of an Ajdabiyan municipal policeman.

Determination of pertinacious
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Description of egotistic (adjective)
conceited; selfish; self-centered

Samples of egotistic
Sadism is not an inherently egoistic drive, rather it is the assertive phase of a drive which may also be submissive even in the same person.



   
Description of cumbrous (adjective)
burdensome and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy

Samples of cumbrous
The machinery of the ancient Forest courts was found at this time to be cumbrous and ineffective.



   
Description of nocturnal (adjective)
pertaining to or occurring in the night

Samples of nocturnal
Many animals are diurnal - that is they are active in the daytime and inactive at night - whereas nocturnal creatures show the opposite orientation.



   
Description of nautical (adjective)
of the sea; having to do with sailors, ships or navigation

Samples of nautical
The coastal New England town had a charming nautical influence.



   
Description of curt (adjective)
rudely abrupt; blunt; brief; gruff

Samples of curt
The truth is that it is an exceedingly complex concept; and nothing but confusion can arise from attempts to reduce it to curt labels and pat slogans.



   
Description of distraught (adjective)
mentally distressed; distracted; crazed; bewildered; hysterical

Samples of distraught
Then, at random almost, she picked up one of the other cuttings, which showed Harriet Shakespeare's plain, squashed face looking white and distraught and pitiful as she leaned against a friend's arm.



   
Description of lethal (adjective)
deadly; fatal

Samples of lethal
It was as though the river had suddenly died; as though a mysterious lethal pollution had struck and wiped out all life.



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