Definitions
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- adjective not elegant or graceful in expression
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Examples
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“Perhaps the word was ill-chosen,” Viktor conceded with a smile.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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“Perhaps the word was ill-chosen,” Viktor conceded with a smile.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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“Perhaps the word was ill-chosen,” Viktor conceded with a smile.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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“Perhaps the word was ill-chosen,” Viktor conceded with a smile.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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Those who point out the weaknesses in current policies aren't "whining," to use Biden's ill-chosen word.
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Last week, almost six years on, Labour MPs and some Conservatives were questioning how successful that rebranding had been after Cameron – under pressure at prime minister's questions – tried to slap down the opposition frontbencher Angela Eagle with the disastrously ill-chosen line "calm down, dear".
David Cameron's 'calm down, dear' tarnishes the new Tory brand 2011
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While the full impact of John Nettles's departure has yet to be ascertained, ill-chosen remarks by now ex- producer Brian True-May re: the programme's status as a "bastion of Englishness" have hinted at something more sinister lurking in the Midsomer undergrowth.
Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die 2011
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Apart from the fact he might threaten to sing, along with the other three mentors who joined their proteges in ill-chosen, decently done, songs.
Amelia Lily, X Factor's comeback queen, reaches end of road in talent show final 2011
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She was an ill-chosen VP candidate and now she is showing the world "something" but it is difficult to categorize it and name it.
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Those who point out the weaknesses in current policies aren't "whining," to use Biden's ill-chosen word.
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