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The DUP, UUP, Traditional Unionist Voice, the Ulster Volunteer Force-aligned Progressive Unionist party and the Ulster Defence Association-linked Ulster Political Research Group said it showed that "the commission members place no value on a relationship with unionism and have treated our advice with contempt".
This is a man who is treating the Australian people with contempt".
Yet, far from expressing wonder that an act as extreme and barbaric as the murders is what it takes for the west to show defiance towards a religious duty that is not meaningful to non-Muslims, cultural provocateurs successfully argue that this highly exceptional situation is in fact indicative of a general contempt for Islam.
Andries Nkome, who is also representing the Association of Mineworkers and Construction union, said: "Our clients are taking credit that they were able to get the president to commit to release the report but he is still treating them with contempt , having ignored their request for a commitment by 2pm on Sunday and waiting to address parliament instead".
I remained overly cautious, and even as our child grew up and started to put two and two together, I was conservative in anything I said, lest I should be in contempt of court.
Society now compels us to hold tobacco companies in utter contempt , which is fair enough, but I have to be honest and say I could never hate the Benson and Hedges brand, not when they footed the bill for appearances of the likes of Roger Harper, Abdul Qadir, Graeme LaBrooy and Mohammad Wasim.
He describes the latter as "an incurious 'presentism' – combining a lack of historical sense, a pervasive contempt for the wisdom of the past, a fascination with novelty simply because it is new and a propensity to over-react to every ephemeral focus group finding or tabloid whim".
That stance is dismissed by Downing Street as undiplomatic and opportunistic but Cameron's contempt for Labour's position is clouded by personal animus.
"Taxpayers and ordinary bank workers will rightly view this as an act of contempt for the sacrifices they made since the financial crisis," said Rob Macgregor, national officer of the Unite union.
But Palestinian officials are dismissive of the argument, saying there is no peace process to speak of and that Israel has done little to enhance Abbas's credibility by continuing to expand Jewish settlements and treating him with contempt.
Public contempt for politicians is now reflected in low poll turnouts.
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The primary grammatical function of "contempt " is as a noun . It denotes a feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless. Ludwig shows it's used to describe both personal feelings and public reactions.
Expression frequency: Very common
