(n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.
Example Sentences:
(1) After a weekend of playing bagatelle, dining and watching films of Tsarist Russia, Butler found a moment alone with him.
(2) She celebrated her 21st birthday at the 400 Club, and was such a regular at the Bagatelle, a French restaurant with a dance floor, that the band used to play a spec ial tune the moment she arrived.
(3) While there are nearly no differences between physicians concerning the judgement of disablement in cases of grave ophthalmological clinical pictures, there exist greater differences in the judgement of so-called "bagatelle"-injuries and -diseases, which demand a temporary unilateral eye-dressing.
(4) Mark Moorhead Tropical architectural guru Facebook Twitter Pinterest Geoffrey Bawa’s house on Bagatelle Road, Colombo.
(5) A splendid way to learn about the man, his work and his art collection is to visit his house just off Bagatelle Road in Colombo.
(6) But that is mere bagatelle compared with the defiance of the energy privateers.
Unsubstantial
Definition:
(a.) Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.
Example Sentences:
(1) A viral aetiology for this group of diseases remains an attractive but unsubstantiated hypothesis.
(2) Although delusion remains one of the basic problems in psychopathology, attempts to understand its pathogenesis have been dominated by unsubstantiated speculation.
(3) Meanwhile, a leading coal industry lobby group, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, dismissed the report as “unsubstantiated scare tactics and hyperbole” and lashed out at Obama for moving ahead on power plant regulations.
(4) "I hope today's report acts as a reminder of the dangers of adopting as fact unsubstantiated conclusions before an investigation of the circumstances is completed."
(5) The wag added the line "these allegations are completely unsubstantiated and have no basis in reality," which was duly tweeted out by the account.
(6) Lady Warsi, chairman of the Conservative party, rejected their calls, saying the basis for the allegations was unsubstantiated rumour.
(7) The former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, said: “Blaming foreigners and an unsubstantiated European plot for her own government’s shortcomings is more worthy of [Turkish president Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan than Downing Street.” Conservative strategists believe May’s bellicose performance outside No 10 will have played well with voters who are keen to see Britain take an assertive approach to the talks.
(8) Among the issues raised by Blatter in the interview: • An unsubstantiated claim that there was a pre-vote agreement in place that Russia would host the 2018 World Cup and the USA would host the 2022 tournament – which was undone when Platini pressed for Qatar following a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy and the crown prince of Qatar.
(9) The routine presentation of epidemiologic data by "race" has been challenged as impeding identification of modifiable risk factors and fostering an unsubstantiated belief in the biologic distinctness of the "races."
(10) The response to this criticism is usually a spirited defense of the social worker investigation and data distinguishing false ("fictitious") claims from unsubstantiated cases.
(11) A representative sample of 796 sexual abuse reports from New York State in 1985 was studied to explore factors associated with the decision to substantiate or unsubstantiate these reports.
(12) The assumptions upon which this formulation is based are largely unsubstantiated.
(13) An unsubstantiated suspicion of malpractice without obvious adverse effects should not be revealed to the patient.
(14) 2.13pm GMT He calls the idea that we have lost track of terrorist plotters as a result of these disclosures "shrill and unsubstantiated".
(15) They use tried and tested hydroelectric technology and past criticisms have turned out to be unsubstantiated.
(16) We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our study in the paper, including the fact that the average benefit was relatively small, but would refute Colquhoun's unsubstantiated suggestion that we "are people committed to acupuncture".
(17) • Pistorius says he approached the bathroom with a gun in an effort to protect Steenkamp and has accused the prosecution of once again using “unsubstantiated allegations” to argue that he murdered Steenkamp.
(18) Based on recent pharmacological and pathophysiological findings, the authors confront still persisting unsubstantiated views with modern ones regarding the duration of action of analgetics, equianalgesic doses, abstention symptoms, development of dependence, tolerance and the use of co-analgetics.
(19) What is clear from this clip is what really outrages Trump and Clinton is not the idea of rape itself, but the idea that the Democratic party is criticizing Trump for being misogynistic while Clinton has a history of unsubstantiated rape accusations.
(20) Unfortunately, many highly-publicized accounts of speculative and unsubstantiated claims have caused undue concern among the general public.