0 present participle of prate --
1 to talk stupidly, or about things that are not important, for a long time: --
It really is no good whatever prating about the prevention of disability and then refusing to act when opportunities to do something practical about it occur.
I do not want to waste time in prating about the past.
If we are going hierarchical, let us say that we are going hierarchical and stop prating about a multidisciplinary approach.
It is no use prating about scientific tests.
While we go on prating about the rule of law, to a very large extent the rule of law has disappeared.
I do not want the prating reply that nationalised industries conduct their own day-to-day affairs.
To go on prating about something which we might have wished but which is no longer possible, is to adopt an altogether wrong attitude.
There is no point prating about human rights unless we are serious about the rule of law, because that is what protects those rights.
