(1) If the villagers fail to respect the social code, by not using her new name or by reminding her of her indignity, they have to perform a reparative ritual, at which a goat is sacrificed.
(2) "This unfair and unequal treatment means that children with disabilities – already so disadvantaged – suffer further indignities.
(3) Asked by the BBC whether he would apologise or comply with a demand from Miliband for him to resign, he said: "Well, if someone can explain anything that I said as factually incorrect of course I would consider it...People are slightly spinning and loading into what I said in a way to get false indignation."
(4) The ALA collects information on which books are objected to and reports on prominent recurring themes that tend to generate moral or ideological indignation.
(5) We accept on behalf of our client that public interest demands nothing but total indignation and condemnation from all media reporting but such reporting ought not to persist at the expense of undermining Mr Barklie’s right to a fair trial.” His lawyers said the Metropolitan police had confirmed ”that arrangements were in hand to take the investigation to the next stage”.
(6) Not since Novak Djokovic beat him 6-1, 6-0 in the semi-final of the 2007 Miami Masters – when Murray was injured – has the Scot had to suffer such indignity.
(7) However indignant Hollande may have been about a glossy celebrity magazine revealing the details of his affair with a French actress – and he said his indignation was "total" – whatever reflections and considerations were going through the presidential grey matter on Tuesday morning, the idea of sitting down and drafting his resignation was almost certainly not among them.
(8) The Duchess of Cambridge, due to give birth in the next couple of weeks, will not suffer the indignities of, say, Mary of Modena in 1688, forced to give birth in front of an audience of 200 and still accused of a bit of business with bedpan and changeling.
(9) Last year, in a continuing campaign to improve policing , he produced a book brimming with indignation.
(10) Imagine the dizzy swoon of indignation deprivation: what's upsetting is there's nothing to get upset about.
(11) And we are increasing the number of single rooms in the NHS to ensure no patient suffers this indignity when it is unjustified."
(12) But the State Department's indignation over the leaks of allegedly valuable secrets was, and remains, preposterous.
(13) 2.42am BST 6 mins Jamaica indignant as a corner is awarded when they thought they were getting a foul.
(14) The human pressure cooker could not contain his indignation at having to watch Channel 4 news reporter, Fatima Manji , cover the tragic attack in Nice.
(15) Righteous indignation was tweeted and retweeted, celebrities piled on the pressure, pundits sharpened their quills.
(16) I cried at the time, tears of sadness for her, guilt for me (I should be able to do more), and indignation and anger about the unfairness of it all.
(17) It was classic Loach territory: exploitation, the indignity of unemployment, the resilience and humour of working-class people.
(18) When Elinor and Marianne debate the importance of money in the company of Edward, Marianne reacts indignantly to Elinor's declaration that happiness has much to do with "wealth": "'Elinor, for shame!'
(19) It was found that in a somewhat cyclical succession, patient deviance was followed by the staff's spontaneous moral indignation.
(20) For the next five years at least that is an indignity he will not have to worry about.
Unfair
Definition:
(v. t.) To deprive of fairness or beauty.
(a.) Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The proposed 'reform' is designed to legitimise this blatantly unfair, police state practice, while leaving the rest of the criminal procedure law as misleading decoration," said Professor Jerome Cohen, an expert on China at New York University's School of Law.
(2) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
(3) And the idea that it is somehow “unfair” to tax a small number of mostly rich people who were lucky enough to buy houses in central London that have soared in value to over £2m is perverse.
(4) The two main taxi associations said 100% of their members had parked their cars for the day in an effort to raise awareness over what they called unfair competition.
(5) The walk-out is by far the most serious confrontation with the government since the elevation of the conservative-led, three-party coalition to power in June – and, says unionists, underlines the scale of public anger over cuts that are widely seen to be unfair.
(6) "Public servants did nothing to cause the slump but are being asked to bear an unfair share of the burden.
(7) Miliband said: "Unfair pricing which hits the most vulnerable hardest is completely unacceptable.
(8) Trump variously complained that the Khans had been unfair to him, that Khizr Khan had no right to speak, and that Ghazala Khan was forbidden from speaking.
(9) Chris Leslie, the shadow Treasury minister, said the IFS analysis highlighted the "massive complexity of this unfair policy".
(10) In 2009, the Office of Fair Trading successfully sued Foxtons for extracting “unfair” charges from landlords.
(11) We think the sector rules were operating unfairly in the provider's favour, with consumers having little choice but to accept price increases or pay to exit their contract.
(12) It confirms that Fifa, through its internal bodies, is conducting a one-sided, unfair and biased investigation against Michel Platini, repeatedly violating his right to defend himself.” The Fifa appeals committee, chaired by the Bermudan Larry Mussenden, said the appeals had been rejected in full and the decision of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent ethics committee, chaired by the German judge Hans Joachim-Eckert, confirmed in its entirety.
(13) "The suggestion that I deliberately misled the committee and refused to apologise are both untrue and unfair," she wrote in a letter to Keith Vaz, the committee's chairman.
(14) It was unfair because the court would decide a case by reference to evidence produced by the government, which was not seen by the other party to the case, giving the latter no real opportunity to answer it, he told the BBC.
(15) Trump’s transition team reportedly told French diplomats they disapproved of the conference going ahead, seeing it as an attempt to put unfair pressure on Israel and give an unjustified reward to the Palestinians.
(16) The problem is the practical one of doing something about it without being unfair to the cohorts of pupils who start sitting exams when the previous trend of ever-improving grades is put into reverse.
(17) There’s been a sharp rise in the number of death sentences and executions since Sisi came to power, some of which have taken place after grossly unfair trials.
(18) Griffin vowed to lodge a complaint at the "unfair" way the Question Time programme was produced, despite the BNP's claims that his appearance sparked the "biggest single recruitment night in the party's history".
(19) Murdoch had one on his, of course, but because he was facing hostile interrogation he looked (unfairly) as if he were wearing it in self-protection as a symbol of his own virtue.
(20) Junior doctors contract row: an explainer Read more “This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, but the government’s refusal to work with us through genuine negotiations and their threat to impose new contracts that we believe are unsafe for patients and unfair for doctors, leaves us with few options”, said Dr Johann Malawana, chair of the JDC.