(v. t.) To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
(v. t.) To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
(v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
(n.) Dismission.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this book, he dismisses Freud's idea of penis envy - "Freud got it spectacularly wrong" - and said "women don't envy the penis.
(2) Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed.
(3) Whenever you are ill and a medicine is prescribed for you and you take the medicine until balance is achieved in you and then you put that medicine down.” Farrakhan does not dismiss the doctrine of the past, but believes it is no longer appropriate for the present.
(4) But employers who have followed a fair procedure may have the right to discipline or finally dismiss any smoker who refuses to accept the new rules.
(5) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(6) They also dismiss those who suggest that the current record-low interest rates mean countries could safely stimulate growth by raising their borrowing levels higher: Economists simply have little idea how long it will be until rates begin to rise.
(7) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
(8) They have not remotely done this so far, largely from fear of domestic political consequences that cannot be simply dismissed.
(9) The prime minister sent back a letter dismissing his allegations.
(10) Francis dismissed the suggestion that changing the fine defaulting policy would significantly reduce the prisoner population, saying defaulters made up less than 0.4% of the total prison population, both male and female.
(11) But the rest of Israeli society has its own reasons to dismiss Bibi.
(12) His employer, Billund city council, has denied that obesity was among the reasons for Kaltoft’s dismissal.
(13) Activists, who claim they are the enemies of patriarchy, dismiss allegations of sexual abuse as a CIA conspiracy.
(14) Jeremain Lens, signed from Dynamo Kyiv, was fortunate to escape dismissal for a second yellow card, while Yann M’Vila, on loan from Rubin Kazan, followed his headbutt in the reserves by raising arms to Graham Dorrans during an unpunished, but unwise, bout of push ’n’ shove.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest May dismisses reports of frosty dinner with EU chief as ‘Brussels gossip’ The EU delegation are said to have wondered whether Davis might still be in his post following the general election.
(16) The difficulty has been increased with the recent Supreme Court decision which it ruled the Alien Tort Claims Act does not apply outside of the country and dismissed a case against Royal Dutch Shell.
(17) The dismissals were prompted by their participation in a racist orgy during what was supposed to be a goodwill trip to the homeland of the club’s billionaire owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
(18) Another senior member of Abdullah's team dismissed the audit as a sham.
(19) We can confirm that Oscar Pistorius’s leave to appeal has been denied … The court dismissed the application for leave to appeal because there are are no prospects of success,” Luvuyo Mfaku, spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority, told reporters.
(20) When physicians dismiss illness because ascertainable "disease" is absent, they fail to meet their socially assigned responsibility.
Snooze
Definition:
(n.) A short sleep; a nap.
(v. i.) To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.
Example Sentences:
(1) CONS Unpopular with younger staff, who view Switzerland as a snooze.
(2) They have also given us all a contest worth watching – instead of a summer-long snooze.
(3) There's a sense of generations passing in a haze of crisp formalities, with decades of unexpressed emotions left to accumulate, like dust on a snoozing duchess.
(4) But the starter, at least, doesn't say snooze to me.
(5) Photograph: Guardian The leaders met, hugged, talked, and talked, late into the night while the press pack lingered (or snoozed) Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) @graemewearden it's @benedict_king @BrunoBrussels @SpiegelPeter I can see...
(6) Isometimes long for a proper retirement, just pottering about in the garden, going on dog walks, playing the piano, or lying about reading, snacking, watching telly, snoozing the afternoons away.
(7) Contrary to the "snoozing" allegation, Apple Store activity told Apple exactly the what , the how , and the how much of Nest's business.
(8) Immediately after the murder, Mota’s father and brother pursued the getaway vehicles and happened upon some snoozing police officers, who continued the chase.
(9) [...] Google's aggressiveness has once again caught Apple snoozing.
(10) After a couple of days tearing around this undulating terrain, stopping for coffee and Kuchen in cosy places such as Berghotel Körbersee, where I had to step over a snoozing St Bernard to access the toilet, I ventured further into the backcountry with the Warth ski school , whose range of guided off-piste excursions is more original than any I have seen.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Renovated ship crates, known as Zzz pods Top 10 museum cafes and restaurants in Paris Read more We discovered a row of glass “Zzz” pods – renovated ship crates in their own gardens that are free to hire for 1½ hours to snooze or relax in – and also a five-lane running track.
(12) Congressman Gosar can hit the snooze button and be in denial or he can choose to be part of the solution.” A recent poll conducted by Faith in Public Life found significant partisan differences in approval of Pope Francis .
(13) A study, published in the journal Appetite , found differences in the diets of people who slept for seven to eight hours a night compared with those snoozing for five.
(14) And it is thanks to Abbott's arrival, and the effect it has already had, that this long summer will not be the snooze-fest I had feared.
(15) The boom of big data, and the technology that makes its collection and analysis possible, has brought with it a global fascination with tracking every step, snooze and calorie.
(16) Her changes this year include a shake-up of the Sunday schedule, traditionally a day of hangovers and snoozing through long sessions.
(17) Neither change could alter Marseille’s fate, which had been sealed by their three-minute snooze.
(18) And CEOs don't hit snooze: most of them claim to leap out of bed in the morning (even though it's basically still night) and more than one said that "life is too exciting" for sleep.
(19) It was sometimes dull even with him, but without him it really would have been snooze TV.
(20) Some are simple, such as hitting snooze on the alarm clock or choosing what to eat for breakfast, while others – like deciding who to marry, or what career to pursue – require deep reflection, thought and analysis.