inadvisable
/ˌɪnædˈvaɪzəbəɫ/, /ˌɪnədˈvaɪzəbəɫ/
adjective
not sensible and likely to have unwanted consequences
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1MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: We were quietly told earlier in the day that it would be inadvisable to show up at certain bonfires uninvited with a camera crew in tow.
2- I don't wanna call Josh an idiot explicitly, but I would say that it was inadvisable to flip the anti griddle in the way that he did.
3"There is an old saying that is inadvisable to put all your eggs in one basket."
4For example, it is inadvisable for you to use all your income to pay off your debt, even if doing so will leave you debt-free.
5It even encouraged me to pursue some more fulfilling career paths that may otherwise have been inadvisable.
inalienable
/ˌɪˈneɪɫjənəbəɫ/
adjective
incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
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1And protects inalienable rights.
2- Pizza is an inalienable right.
3- Pizza is an inalienable right.
4Clean air and a livable climate are inalienable human rights.
5This issue of health care as an inalienable right will acquire flesh-and-blood dimensions.
inane
/ˌɪˈneɪn/
adjective
extremely silly or stupid
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1- That's inane!
2Trolls would post inane nonsense, but never seriously.
3If you want to fight, shout all of the inane slander you want.
4But this social pressure is inane and doesn't leave us happy.
5Here's a video of Donald Trump telling one of those inane stories about people referring to him as sir.
inanimate
/ˌɪˈnænəmət/
adjective
lacking life or consciousness and incapable of moving on its own
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1Humans, all inanimate matter, oxygen.
2Algorithms will sometimes mistake inanimate objects for the foremost biological expression of social identity, the face.
3I begin inanimate
4The women are almost inanimate.
5His inanimate opponent never stood a chance.
rancor
/ˈɹæŋkɝ/
noun
a feeling of hatred and a desire to harm others, especially because of unjust treatment received
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1there's so much division, so much partisan rancor in our country that this issue, disability, crosses every boundary-- every boundary, including Democrats and Republicans.
2The stakes feel higher if Luke Skywalker is trapped fighting the Rancor.
3They said, after months of rancor and pettiness, one small woman brought Washington to its feet.
4In fact, I think that the inflammation so many individuals must cope with on a daily basis may be contributing to some of our political woes and the rancor people express across the country.
5This age-old rancor goes both ways.
rancorous
/ˈɹæŋkɝəs/
adjective
showing deep-seated resentment
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1The idea that somehow elections are going to get less rancorous, that's just not going to happen.
2Rancorous voting is compelling for a number of reasons.
3And then the fact that you can't get elected for president next year without winning or competing for electoral votes in Maine, and you won't be elected for president without learning something about rancorous voting because you have to win in Maine.
4That doesn't mean it's a rancorous relationship and it doesn't mean that the relationship can't be repaired.
5It was the most rancorous.
to exorcise
/ˈɛksɚsˌaɪz/
verb
expel through adjuration or prayers
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1Between the start of his career in 1986, until shortly before his death in 2016, Father Amorth claimed to have exorcised 300 subjects per year.
2When Friedkin met Amorth, he had been exorcising Cristina for nine months.
3But again, in the pagan worldview, sin is understood very often as the work of a demon or an evil god that might possess a person, might have to be exorcised from that person by means of magic.
4He's a phantasm, he can never quite exorcise.
5Much like a western ghost though, Onryō can be exorcised by priests- whether Christian, Buddhist, or from any of the number of other religions found in the region.
exorcism
/ˈɛksɝˌsɪzəm/
noun
freeing from evil spirits
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1This guy is doing exorcisms on people.
2Over the years, exorcism has undergone many different transformations.
3Exorcism goes back even before the time of Christ.
4Exorcism is the casting out of evil spirits.
5An exorcism was her only hope for a cure.
outreach
/ˈaʊˌtɹitʃ/
noun
the act of reaching out
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1Our mental health campaign efforts also include external outreach engagements with clinicians, psychologists, security managers and defense organizations.
2And we have to do a lot more outreach, a lot more inviting, a lot more welcoming.
3And this week, I asked our team for outreach.
4Animal Equality focuses on corporate outreach.
5We do vegan outreach.
to outride
/aʊtɹˈaɪd/
verb
ride better, faster, or further than

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outright
/ˈaʊˈtɹaɪt/
adverb
without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
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1And eventually outright banned the former president.
2He rejected Randolph's demands outright.
3Others dismissed her theory outright.
4People just ask for money outright.
5Proprietorship means outright ownership.
to tantalize
/ˈtænəˌɫaɪz/, /ˈtæntəˌɫaɪz/
verb
harass with persistent criticism or carping
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1So it's constantly tantalizing us, the sense of possibility.
2The names are tantalizing.
3She tantalizes him with a really good view of her swelling.
4To scholars, the reason for this aberrant v is as clear as it is tantalizing.
5These missing areas tantalize us with their lack of a modern home-grown Romance language.
tantamount
/ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt/
adjective
being essentially equal to something
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1This is tantamount to skirting the real issues involved.
2That would be tantamount to creating divine enemies, immortal enemies.
3This is tantamount to murdering people deliberately.
4To question or disobey the law is tantamount to destroying the authority of the law.
5With your mass, it will be tantamount to a minor earthquake.
to abstain
/æbˈsteɪn/, /əbˈsteɪn/
verb
to avoid doing something, especially something that one enjoys
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1Now our next word was abstain.
2Now our next word was abstain.
3Her kittens didn’t abstain.
4Abstain from them, avoid them.
5You abstain.
abstemious
/ɐbstˈiːmiəs/
adjective
avoiding too much consumption of alcoholic drinks or food
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1Perhaps you were trying to be abstemious.
2Well, the exquisitely abstemious Son of God resists this most tempting of temptations just as he has resisted all the others.
3Traditionally, like all poor people around the world, the Chinese were very abstemious, every grain of rice counts.
abstinence
/ˈæbstənəns/
noun
the fact of avoiding things that one likes to do, particularly drinking alcohol or having sex, for health or religious reasons
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1Maybe abstinence is key?
2Abstinence is the best treatment.
3- I was literally taught abstinence in school.
4This post-partum abstinence is a major issue, especially in Africa now.
5Which is abstinence.
inconsistent
/ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/
adjective
not agreeing with one's beliefs, principles, or standards
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1These jugs are inconsistent.
2the research is inconsistent.
3Your Republican politics as well as your Republican religion is flagrantly inconsistent.
4The bottom of the ocean here is inconsistent.
5These two Nash equilibria are inconsistent with backward induction.
inconstant
/ɪnkˈɑːnstənt/
adjective
likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
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1So we have two wonderful scholars with us this evening to help us to come to terms with our inconstant attentions.
2I could see too the parquet sparkling beneath the crystal chandeliers that once had hung from their sunburst moldings and the flickering wall sconces along the walls, this diffuse and inconstant light illuminating again the faces of girls and boys not so much older than me, but in a different life.
3It's inconstant that it's not as if there's agreement, like this is my side, and this is your side.
4The theological critique is that Homer simply depicts the gods as false, as fickle, and inconstant.
5In Paradiso III, Dante meets two women, the empress Constance, and the irony of the name is a little bit obvious among the inconstant spirits, and Piccarda.
inconvenient
/ˌɪnkənˈvinjənt/
adjective
causing difficulty, annoyance, or trouble, especially because of being poorly timed or unsuitable for a situation
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1The whole thing is highly inconvenient.
2Inconvenient features like a Bixby assistant button right next to the volume rocker.
3A sliced power button is rather inconvenient.
4The rain is inconvenient.
5Make procrastinating inconvenient.
inconsiderable
/ɪnkənsˈɪdɚɹəbəl/
adjective
not enough to attract attention or seem important
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1After all, a not inconsiderable percentage of the population prefers cats to dogs, or loves both.
2JANET HOOK: No masks, no-- RONALD BROWNSTEIN: Not an inconsiderable point.
3And so my message here, in this TEDx talk today is that in the profession of teaching, we have a inconsiderable amount of expertise.
4Germanic criminal codes were filled with cruel punishments for the most inconsiderable misdemeanors, like the loss of ears, nose, eyes, tongue, hands, and genitalia.
5Napoleon had a banner hung in his not inconsiderable house in Ajaccio, in the family house.

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