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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a barbarous" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is cruel, brutal, or uncivilized in nature.
Example: "The invasion was marked by a barbarous disregard for human life and dignity."
Alternatives: "a savage" or "a brutal".
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"But it is a barbarous tradition".
Someone else thinks it's a barbarous pagan ritual.
"Oh, it was a barbarous place," he intones operatically.
But Chapin also knew that slavery was "a barbarous, corrupt and wicked institution".
They make the difference between a decent society and a barbarous one.
Aerial bombing, and now missiles, are a barbarous hallmark of our time.
In a barbarous time, Macfarlane reminds us of what it is to be civilised.
In his great dictionary, Johnson called irresistless a "barbarous ungrammatical conjunction of two negatives".
7 Who suggested to his monarch giving the vineyards to a barbarous people?
I ceded control of the Inner Sanctum to a barbarous horde of 10-year-olds.
How a network of courageous Germans fought a barbarous status quo.
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