(n.) Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
(v. t.) To show disrespect to.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The disrespect embodied in these apparent mass violations of the law is part of a larger pattern of seeming indifference to the constitution that is deeply troubling to millions of Americans in both political parties," he said.
(2) He was accused of disrespecting the FA Cup with such a weakened team but he mounted a strong defence, referencing the club’s seven injuries that have left him with only 13 fit senior outfield players.
(3) The LMA exacerbated the issue on Thursday night with a statement of its own, in which Mackay apologised for sending texts that “were disrespectful to other cultures” but he “was letting off steam to a friend during some friendly text message banter”.
(4) The result was his interview on Thursday in which he insisted he meant no “disrespect” to Obama, backed a two-state solution, and saw the US as Israel’s most important ally – the last of which at least is certainly heartfelt.
(5) The Ulster Unionist party leader, Mike Nesbitt, said: "Anyone who attacks a police officer, anyone who riots, anyone who engages in illegal street protest, is disrespecting the values of the union flag.
(6) It tends only to take being involved in one of these sessions for a member of the group's shame awareness to be activated and for him to begin to read escalations earlier and more accurately in real time, which renders shame and disrespect less threatening, which gives him the confidence and the skills to begin to work differently with his fight-or-flight response.
(7) Our response was far too defensive and worse, disrespectful of parliament."
(8) Republicans in Congress accused him of disrespect to female colleagues.
(9) Someone who disrespects you like that.” On his website, Habré called Zidane a “nymphomaniac prostitute” after hearing her testimony.
(10) If he travels there and then something happens that appears to be disrespectful to Xi Jinping that could play very badly in the domestic politics here.” Trump’s shock election sparked fears that US-China relations were entering a new era of confrontation .
(11) As a cabinet minister, it's unacceptable for someone of his standing to use such disrespectful and abusive language to a police constable, let alone anyone else.
(12) They were disrespectful.” The town did eventually adopt new regulations in early 2013 imposing some restrictions on fracking.
(13) Stephen O’Brien, the UN’s most senior humanitarian official, said he was horrified by the total disrespect for civilian life in the conflict, which has killed at least 250,000 people and maimed up to four times that number.
(14) He responded with concern: was I being disrespectful to Mandela?
(15) On Monday, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, one of 17 Republican candidates and four sitting governors , ended a state contract for Medicaid funding to the group on Monday, saying Planned Parenthood showed a “ fundamental disrespect for human life ”.
(16) Do the Swedes oppose liberty, do the Spanish believe in mutual disrespect?
(17) Ferrero: “I meant no disrespect to Mr Thohir, Inter’s directors or the people of the Philippines – with whom I have a wonderful rapport.” Legal news Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb president Zdravko Mamic fined €17,000 for defaming lawyer Ivica Crnic during a 2013 tribunal.
(18) A Plaid Cymru spokesperson said: “On the very last day of the assembly, Leighton Andrews has shown a disrespect for parties and individual AMs seeking to create a consensus across political divides.
(19) EDO Queensland’s principal solicitor, Jo Bragg, whose office has run a separate case challenging the Adani project in the Queensland land court, said this was “pretty incredible” and showed “grave disrespect for environmental laws in Australia”.
(20) Sven Giegold, a German Green MEP, called Varoufakis “populist and disrespectful” in an open letter .
Offend
Definition:
(v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.
(v. t.) To displease; to make angry; to affront.
(v. t.) To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
(v. t.) To transgress; to violate; to sin against.
(v. t.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Example Sentences:
(1) Existing mental health and criminal justice systems provide social control for some of these dangerous individuals, but may be inadequate to deal with those mentally disordered offenders who were not found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI).
(2) But, in a sign of tension within the coalition government, the Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman, Tom Brake, told BBC2's Newsnight that "if [the offenders in question] had committed the same offence the day before the riots, they would not have received a sentence of that nature".
(3) 2) Trebling of alcohol treatment places to match the expansion in drug treatment, and US-style street pastor teams using vetted ex-offenders to reach disaffected young people.
(4) The bench rejected the petition seeking prosecution for offending Hindus, saying it was a work of art and citing India's tradition of graphic sexual iconography.
(5) On Wednesday night the owner of the restaurant that held the fundraiser said the offending menu had not been displayed publicly.
(6) Driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offenders with either alcohol- or cocaine-related problems were studied.
(7) The highly critical report brought an immediate response from Michael Spurr, the chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, who said the jail would receive the support it needed to build on its recent progress.
(8) But there is one hitch: the four-storey building in Hammersmith is already home to more than 20 voluntary groups working with refugees, the homeless, former young offenders and a range of ethnic minorities including Kurds, Iranians and Iraqis – and they will have to move.
(9) In a submission to a House of Lords EU subcommittee , it said: "Most of the stakeholders consulted believe that opting out of this and relying on alternative arrangements would result in fewer extraditions, longer delays, higher costs, more offenders evading justice and increased risk to public safety."
(10) The number of suspected or known offenders has doubled in three years to 1,139 in 2016.
(11) Therefore, the authors present an update of the changing conceptualizations regarding the offenders and their victims.
(12) The authors favor conservative treatment of tennis elbow, starting with cessation of the offending activity and prescription of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and followed by isometric and isotonic exercises when pain and inflammation have subsided.
(13) The joint report also highlights the fact that bad behaviour by inmates on the prison wings is seen as a security issue rather than something that needs to be addressed by the offender management unit.
(14) But I just felt like strangling him.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest America’s most segregated city: the young black voters of Milwaukee There was the barber in Milwaukee, a city reeling from a succession of police shootings of black men, offended by Trump’s claim African Americans like him have “nothing to lose”.
(15) The offending organism was gram-negative in one third of these abscesses.
(16) In our highly medicated society, correctly identifying the offending medication is often difficult.
(17) These findings suggest that judges may perceive of and sentence repeat offenders differently than first-time offenders, regardless of the level of intoxication at arrest.
(18) Should workers compensation be extended to provide disability benefits when the aggravating stimuli are ubiquitous, when the employment relationship was brief, when separation from the offending stimuli ends symptoms, or when hyperreactivity can be medically managed?
(19) A spokesperson for the PPS's office in Belfast said: "Based on the initial evidence the specified prosecutor in this case had concluded that the assisting offender had knowingly breached his agreement under section 73 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and that it was in the interest of justice that the case should be referred back to the original sentencing court.
(20) She said: “Begging can cause considerable concern to residents, workers and visitors, particularly those who feel intimidated by this activity.” In Merseyside, Ch Insp Mark Morgan insisted his force did not prosecute vulnerable people unless they were aggressive, repeat offenders who had failed to engage in offers of support.