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  • 51misjudge — I verb be bewildered, be perplexed, blunder, err, err in judgment, estimate incorrectly, fail to recognize, have a wrong impression, judge erroneously, judge inaccurately, judge wrongly, make a mistake, make an error, male iudicare, misapprehend …

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  • 52overlook — I (disregard) verb fail to appreciate, fail to observe, fail to see, forget, leave out, leave undone, let ride, miss, neglect, omit, pass over, take no notice II (excuse) verb condone, disregard, excuse, forgive, pardon III (superintend) verb… …

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  • 53push aside — index divert, doubt (hesitate), hold up (delay), ignore, misprize, postpone, procrastinate …

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  • 54ridicule — I noun buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, contempt, derision, derisiveness, disdain, disparagement, disrespect, game, gibe, jeer, lampoonery, ludicrous representation, mimicry, mockery, pasquinade, raillery, ridiculum, sarcasm, satire,… …

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  • 55run down — index brutalize, decrease, defame, degenerate, denigrate, deplete, depreciate, derogate, diminish …

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  • 56scorn — index affront, contemn, contempt (disdain), decry, disapprove (reject), disavow, disdain (noun) …

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  • 57set at naught — index counteract, disavow, lessen, minimize, misprize, underestimate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 58slight — I adjective ancillary, auxiliary, diminutive, exiguous, exiguus, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, levis, light, limited, little, meager, mean, minor, minute, modest, negligible, niggardly,… …

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  • 59sneer at — index denigrate, derogate, discommend, disdain, minimize, misprize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 60speak slightingly of — index decry, derogate, discommend, misprize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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