(a.) Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.
Example Sentences:
(1) As ever in children's books, when things get too complicated, animal characters can provide a useful way out, but even then, attempts to represent same-sex parenting can attract censure - as revealed by Justin Richardson's And Tango Makes Three , illustrated by Henry Cole.
(2) We self-censure because it would put us all back, it would diminish who we are.” Of course she’s a feminist: “That just means believing that women can do everything men can but backwards in heels with a cherry on top.
(3) And the programme was censured by the BBC Trust's editorial standards unit three years ago when its presenters were filmed drinking while driving in the Artic for a special "polar" edition.
(4) A branch of the Labour party of Malaysia was censured for staging a concert at which "two objectionable songs were sung in spite of the fact that the police had registered their disapproval".
(5) BBC director of news Helen Boaden was censured for not taking "greater responsibility" as her division went into "virtual meltdown" in October and November.
(6) If it does find that there were systemic failures behind the technology problems, the bank could face a fine, or individuals could be censured and banned.
(7) In deciding on a suspension, the panel rejected the alternative sanctions of a censure or an order for Mr Livingstone to undergo training.
(8) The charity's chief executive, Javed Khan, said: "Victims of sexual abuse should be praised for their bravery in coming forward, not censured and have their credibility called into question – least of all by the prosecution."
(9) The company has already attracted formal censure over its cheerfully casual approach to taking on debt; in January it was forced to remove a page from its website that suggested its loans had advantages over student loans (neglecting to mention its APR of 4,214% and the current student loan rate of 1.5%), and inviting students to borrow money from them for things such as holiday flights to the Canaries.
(10) Jeremy Clarkson faced further censure on Saturday after describing people who killed themselves by jumping under trains as "selfish".
(11) It is no longer possible for clinicians in the UK to act independently in the management of such cases without risking censure or loss of indemnity from the employing health authority.
(12) A spokesman for North Korea’s Association for Human Rights Studies said on Wednesday that Shin’s admissions “self-exposed” the flimsy foundations of efforts to censure Pyongyang for its rights record.
(13) Dismissing the Socialists' censure motion threat as "puerile", Rajoy said: "I came [to parliament] to halt the erosion of Spain's image."
(14) But this, too, is a common enough reality: why should it be mocked or censured?
(15) Romanians described this as "auto-censure" – self-censorship – and said that it was far more effective than the Securitate, the secret police.
(16) The thinking behind WhatsApp is rooted in Koum's memories of a country where phones were tapped and school friends were censured for their views.
(17) Juncker voiced resentment that his entire team of 28 commissioners was being put on the spot by the censure motion, throwing down the gauntlet to the far right.
(18) Holder had been a lightning rod for opposition to administration policies among Republicans, who led a vote of censure against him in the House of Representatives in 2012 over ‘Fast and Furious’, a failed anti gun-running operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
(19) Censure brings the possibility of a stiffer sanction if the alleged violation is repeated.
(20) It did not censure the News of the World, however, and also dropped a plan to interview Andy Coulson after he resigned as the paper's editor in January 2007 in the wake of the Goodman case, choosing instead to question his successor, Colin Myler.
Cero
Definition:
(n.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).
Example Sentences:
(1) In three patients a mechanically well-fixed Mathys Ceros 80 (Ha) hydroxyapatite-coated acetabular component was revised 2, 5 and 13 months after total hip replacement due to component malposition.
(2) 1,2-Di-(5Z,9Z)-5,9-hexacosadienoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosph oethanolamine was found in both organisms, while 1,2-di(5Z,9Z,19Z)-5,9,19-hexacosatrienoyl-sn-gly cero-3-phosphoethanolamine was present in M. prolifera, 1,2-Di-(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z)-4,7,1 0,13,16,19-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3- phosphocholine was the major molecular species in the PC fraction of M. prolifera.
(3) The overall mortality was 5.8% for the group studied and cero for the control group (p greater than 0.05) and was shown to be more related with prematurity than with the latent period of PRM.
(4) The Valencia reporter for Onda Cero radio called it a “lack of respect”, while in AS it was described sarcastically as “English humour”.
(5) Successive governments responded with "cero tolerancia" and "mano dura" (hard hand), which means sending soldiers and police on raids into the slums, shooting gang members who "resisted arrest" and jailing others for long stretches.
(6) Beta-Tricalcium phosphate granulates (Ceros 82) implanted in femurs of the rat led to osteoconduction already one week after implantation.
(7) Before that second confrontation Matallanas spoke to Onda Cero radio and related the conversation, saying: “I have no idea why.
(8) "In principle, it looks like not all of (the €100bn) will be used," De Guindos told Onda Cero radio.
(9) They always do: as Santiago Segurola put it on Onda Cero radio on Wednesday night: “If there’s an ‘author’s team’ in Spain now, it is probably Celta”, built according to their manager Eduardo Berizzo’s belief in a particular way of playing and his players’ willingness to put that into practice.
(10) He told the Spanish radio station Onda Cero: “I’m still not at that moment, I want all this [in Brazil] to end as soon as possible, go on holiday, disconnect a little and then decide things with time.
(11) The hysteresis decrease with the number of stress cycles and approaches asymptotically to cero.
(12) Incluso la alimentación de los bebés recién nacidos en la ciudad puede tener cierta influencia: en 2012, sólo el 9% de los bebés de cero a seis meses fueron alimentados exclusivamente con leche materna en la Ciudad de México, en comparación con 14% de los bebés en el resto del país.
(13) Grudge match Mexico are the perennial regional rivals – USA fans like to chant " Dos a cero " after a string of recent scorelines.
(14) The PP’s Esteban González Pons told Onda Cero radio on Friday: “In Brussels, everybody is clear that debt forgiveness is not possible, that Greece’s debts cannot be forgiven and that they’ll have to live up to their obligations in some way or another.” This article was amended on 31 January 2015 to correct the number of buses expected to bring Podemos supporters to Madrid.
(15) "We hope this [pressure] stops and that people realise there's an election here and that the party that wins has the right to a minimum margin," the PP leader told Onda Cero radio in remarks reported by the Associated Press.