0 the feeling of having a negative opinion of someone or something:
Although they said nothing, she could sense their disapproval of her suggestion.
1 the expression or feeling that something done or said is wrong:
The main reasons for disapproval were anxieties about patient safety and risk.
My claim is that judicial imposition of legal sanction at least expresses official disapproval of the defendant's conduct.
Today, as moral disapproval of industrial child labour has gained ground, large enterprises who mind their own and their trademarks' images avoid using child labour.
Whether marking approval or disapproval, stance is highlighted in the frequent co-occurrence of pay with get-passives.
There is also the following: to "reflect moral disapproval of people appearing in the nude among strangers in public places"; id. at 2461. 48.
For example, expressing "approval/disapproval of the content, arguments, and so on" (p. 77) is one of the 11 evaluating activities they noted.
His remark about women being ' greedy for experiment' suggests disapproval of women's supposedly increased appetite for adventure in both the bedroom and the workplace.
The couple had married 57 years ago whilst they were both training to be teachers, to their families' disapproval.
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