pedantic, pedantically, pedanticalness, pedantical

pe·dan·tic
overly concerned with details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.

Now some quibbles. Haigh dusts off George Orwell’s essay, Confessions of a Book Reviewer, to remind us of the Great Man’s view that 1000 words is the “bare minimum” required for a book review of consequence. Call me pedantic, but Haigh’s piece, no mere book review but a treatise on the (sorry) state of Australian literary criticism, is about 850 words.

Title: Are Our Book Reviewers Duds? A Pair of Ragged Claws ALR Blog

pedantic in a sentence

1. Being a pedantic foments my inability to see the bigger picture.
2. I read pedantically to sharpen my mind.
3. I renounce my pedantical attitude to foster better father and daughter relationship.

heterogeneous, heterogeneously, heterogeneousness

Kick-Ass
credits: lionsgate

het·er·o·ge·ne·ous
composed of parts of different kinds; a widely dissimilar elements, constituents, characters

Hit-Girl
credits: lionsgate

Heterogeneous in a Sentence

heterogeneously, (adverb)

heterogeneousness, (noun)

1. The movie Kick-Ass is a heterogeneous composite of characters manifesting heroism and righteousness.

2. Kick-Ass consists of a heterogeneous mixture of vigilantes and disparate aspirations.


Red Mist
credits: lionsgate

Heterogeneous - Synonyms in Sentence
hodgepodge, amalgamate, multifarious, motley

1. Kick-Ass is a hodgepodge of eccentric heroes and heroine emerging from their humdrum existence.
2. The vigilantes amalgamate to fight crime together but with different pursuits of glory, revenge and fame.
3. Kick-Ass is a composite of multifarious crime fighters, each with their own unique ability and idiosyncrasies.

Big Daddy
credits: lionsgate

Circumvent, Circumvention, Circumventive

Europe Imports Torture From US - Read More IPSNEWS
By David Cronin

BRUSSELS, Apr 14, 2010 (IPS) - A U.S. company has admitted for the first time that it exports equipment designed to inflict pain on prisoners to Europe.

Among the products expressly prohibitied is the 'Band-It' system; attached to a prisoner's arms or legs, it can administer an electric shock of 50,000 volts.

"Nidec, a Spanish firm, had been offering "stun cuffs", which are also intended for attachment to a detainee's limbs, for sale. But the company told Time magazine recently that it had withdrawn such products from its online catalog. "

Cir·cum·vent
to avoid unpleasantness by artfulness,deception or subterfuge ; avoid by anticipating or outwitting.

Circumvent in a Sentence
circumvention - (noun) circumventive - (adjective)

1.Nidec circumvented further enquires from Time magazine. Nidec said it had recently withdrawn the product from its online catalog.

2. In the circumvention of an impending investigation, Nidec told Time magazine the product is withdrawn from online catalog.

3. Nidec employed circumventive measures to avert unwarranted investigations for fears it will be detrimental to product sales and public image.

Circumvent - Synonyms in Sentence
obviate, avert, deflect, thwart

1. To obviate the risk of further investigation from Time magazine, Nidec removed the product from its online catalog.

2. Nidec adverted pending investigation to avoid public scrutiny.

3. Nidec quickly deflected interest from Time magazine by removing stun cuffs from their online catalog.

4. Enquires from Time magazine was masterfully thwarted by the removal of stun cuffs from online catalog.

Points to Ponder
Can a restraining device that administers electric shock of 50,000 volt be bought online with no regulation or control?
Can stun cuff still be bought online? Does it has a high potential of being misused?

odium, odious, odiously, odiousness

Honeysett, Stuart (April 23, 2010). "Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era"

"On a dark day for the Storm and the game in Melbourne, the club was found to have systematically rorted the code's salary cap to the tune of $1.7 million over the past five years - effectively its period of domination of the game." -The Australian

1. odi·um (noun) odious (adjective) odiously (adverb)
at the state of being hated

2. Odium in a Sentence
a. Melbourne Storm is in odium after found guilty of maintaining dual-contract system.
b. Melbourne Storm fans are odious with humiliating scandal.
c. Melbourne Storm odiously disparaged the entire NRL integrity and legacy.

3. Obliterate - Synonyms in a Sentence
shameful, dishonor, disrepute, inglorious, turpitude, black mark, ignominy

a. Melbourne Storm has shamefully made a black mark in the history of Australian Sports.
b. Melbourne Storm has disreputably remind us that money is still the root of all evil.
c. Melbourne Storm inglorious methods of long-term salary cap breaches has serious implications on the creditability of the game.

obliterate, obliterated, obliteration

1. Obliterate (Verb) - Obliterated (Verb) - Obliteration (Noun)
to destroy completely

2. Obliterate in a Sentence
1. The missile could obliterate the moving vehicle in seconds.
2. The vehicle was obliterated by missile.
3. The obliteration of the vehicle was clear and personal signal to Nick Rice.
4. The bullet proofed vehicle was obliterable by armor piercing bullets.

3. Obliterate - Synonyms
annihilate, eradicate, extirpate, obliterate, quash, squelch, terminate.
a. The modified bomb disposal robot eradicated his target with superior gunfire.
b. The vehicle was obliterated by a missile fired from contraption devised by Clyde Shelton.
c. The bullet proofed vehicle was quash by armor piercing bullets.
d. The target was extirpated by a missile which blew it to the sky.
e. The rampant attack on the first vehicle squelched the surrounding with fear.



4. Obliterate in Books

Nature and Art
By Elizabeth Inchbald

Page 195
... her eye was wishfully bent towards the water that was to obliterate her love
and her remorse – obliterate, forever, William and his child. ...

Social and cultural dynamics: a study of change in major systems of art

By Pitirim Aleksandrovich Sorokin
Transaction Publishers, Ruters -The State University
All rights reserved International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.

Page 693
"they obliterate the boundary between the true and false, undermine the true
and knowledge itself."

Focus on the Internet
By B. G. Kutais
Nova Science Publisher. Inc

Page 135
the phase "conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy"
may lend itself to the argument that it extends to destruction or complete
inaccessibility, but perhaps not to less than totally destructive damage,
of computerized records.

Disparagement, Disparage, Disparaging

1.Disparagement (Noun) - Disparage (Verb) - Disparaging (Adjective)
:something that demeaning or derogatory

2. Disparagement in a Sentence
a. Emily disparages Andreas with a caustic response.
b.Emily made some disparaging remarks to Andrea.
c. Andrea endures disparagement from her Emily.

3. Disparagement -Synonyms
acerbic, belittle, caustic, demeans, derogates, debase, derisive, flouts, mocks, sneer

a. Andrea was resilient to Emily's acerbic demeanor.
b. Emily Blunt is Andrea's caustic fellow assistant.
c. Emily constantly belittle Andrea's sense of fashion and explicitly flouts her.
d. Emily demeaning attitude is atrociously, and belies her insecurity.
e. Andrea remains imperturbable with Emily's derisiveness.

4. Disparage in Books
All's well that ends well
By William Shakespeare, Susan Snyder
Oxford Word Classics

Page 12
"by insisting that the Count of Roussillon marry a bourgeoisie the King violates one of the few limits placed on this corrupt prerogative, the stipulation that such a marriage imposed by the guardian should not disparage the ward's rank. "

Don Quixote
By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Carole Slade, Tobias George Smollett
Barnes and Nobles Classics

Page 569
"What, is Teresa such a bad wife?" said the knight. " Not very bad, answered the squire, but, the she is not very good; at least, not so good as I wish." "You are in the wrong, Sancho, said Don Quixote, to disparage your wife, who in effect is the mother of your children." As to that matter replied Sancho, who are not at all in one another debt; for, she can disparage me fast enough, especially when she takes it in her head to be jealous, and then Satan himself could not endure her."