Sentence examples for disapproving from inspiring English sources

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'disapproving' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to describe a negative attitude of disapproval towards someone or something. For example: His parents had a disapproving look in their eyes when he announced he was quitting college.

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disapproving

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Inflection of disapprove

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Although disapproving, her parents did not actively stand the way of her youthful desire to be an actor; she got early support and encouragement from Kenneth Branagh (after she sent him a fan letter) and Julian Fellowes (after he gave a talk at her school).

The RealClearPolitics average shows that the proportion of Americans disapproving of Mr Obama's performance jumped to 51% in October from 20% in January 2009.

GDP growth: 0.6% GDP: $152bn (PPP: $200bn) Inflation: 4.1% Population: 10.0m GDP per head: $14,500 (PPP: $20,090)The centre-right Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Union government, the strongest since communism, has free rein to make policy, and will use this mandate to press for growth and please voters, at the expense of foreign businesses and disapproving global bankers.

During that time, Redgrave the political firebrand tended to overshadow Redgrave the classical actress, especially in a theatre capital like New York that was thought to be disapproving of her overtly pro-Palestinian sympathies.

The affair has led to protest marches in Copenhagen and Karachi, and a wave of disapproving e-mails to Danish embassies.

However, the jobless rate has also fallen because many people have given up looking, and so are no longer counted.After a year in office, the governor's approval rating is around 40%, with 47% of voters disapproving of the job he is doing, according to Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm based in Raleigh.

But prices for coffee, Ethiopia's chief export, are low, and the government spent millions of dollars on the war and lost millions in aid from disapproving donors.

Though his family's newspaper, Il Giornale, is critical of the government, Mr Berlusconi himself is seldom more than gently disapproving.

There has long been an agreement between the United States and the EU over merger scrutiny: if two big American firms plan to merge, the Federal Trade Commission would normally rule first and the Europeans would follow its lead in approving, disapproving or imposing conditions to safeguard competition in Europe.

Even a toddler frolicking naked on a sunny beach attracts disapproving frowns.

Their crime, according to the tribal council that ordered the killing, was to have married within the same Hindu clan, or gotra, which many north Indians consider tantamount to incest.In Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, incautious lovers, especially young women, are quite often murdered by disapproving male relatives.

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