How To Use Disregard In A Sentence

While the site focuses mainly on their environmental concerns, they're also up in arms about the Bush administration's general abuse and disregard for science - including the idea that abstinence is some kind of cureall. News from the House of Sticks -
Hunt was also to write that he and Millais used to stand in front of the Raphael cartoons (then at Hampton Court) and judge them fearlessly, also that they condemned Raphael's Transfiguration (which they had never seen) 'for its grandiose disregard of the simplicity of truth, the pompous posturing of the Apostles, and the unspiritual attitudinising of the Saviour.' Cosa Nostra
I trust this callous disregard for viewers' feelings will be put right as soon as possible. Times, Sunday Times
He had been trying to persuade me to disregard what he termed the obstinacy of the old folks, and said impatiently: Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches
It was this conviction that made the intrigues at OKH, the disregard and "mislaying" of unwelcome instructions, such a personal affair in the first summer's campaign. Barbarossa

This involves the prevailing sense of disregard for life at the fetal stage on the part of legislators.
I certainly don’t think that Iranian popular discontent should be disregarded, but we’ve been hearing these sorts of arguments about the restive Iranian population for years, and while I have no reason to believe that they aren’t true, Khamenei and his allies have consistently proven expert at deflecting calls for reform and preserving their regime, the main levers of which remain firmly in Khamenei’s hands. Wonk Room » For More Tehran-ology
Such a contrast to the generation that came before, with their big ideas, their insatiable appetites and their blithe disregard for the rest of the world. Times, Sunday Times
You may, of course, disregard the whole thing without fear of violent reprisals: anapestic little bouffe Toast:
A police officer witnessed this blatant disregard for the law and attempted to ticket the student for jaywalking.
Your actions showed disregard for the safety of the helicopter and its occupant. Times, Sunday Times
You showed an arrogant disregard for the safety of others on the road. Times, Sunday Times
The honest man was grown splenetic: disregarded by every body, he was become disregardful of himself: he hoped for a cure of his gloominess, from her cheerful vein; and seemed to think himself under obligation to one who had taken notice of him, when nobody else would. Sir Charles Grandison
One of my greatest pet peeves in anime is the glossy disregard for detail in action scenes.
This insensitivity must include disregarding the garbage that is thrown anywhere and everywhere on many a city street.
Yevdoxia revealed the same blend of feelings: the two women had a healthy disregard for each other.
However, Clinton has disregarded the debt ceiling law, allowing the nation to spiral further into debt.
He said: 'It is very regrettable that an officer should apparently have disregarded a speed camera under these circumstances. Times, Sunday Times
And what a callous disregard he is showing for your feelings. The Sun
That sounds like condonation of sloth, indiscipline, unethical behaviour, and disregard of responsibility.
Cadet_ (_during his first term at Osborne -- where he has been told always to salute his superior officers of both services -- meeting some "temporary" subalterns who disregard his salute_). Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 1, 1916
Swanberg plays an amusingly hatable character with a smug disregard for indie flicks.
In addition, the major cause of these accidents is not speed but the total disregard for traffic laws.
With a fine disregard for geography, she decided to start her journey to Paris by sailing to the Hook of Holland.
Has the trust decided to sell both sites to developers and solve the budget problem, disregarding the enormous cost to local health provision?
Such as a blatant disregard for speed limits and signposts. Times, Sunday Times
The authorities must do what is necessary now to avoid the imminent chaos that is the likely derivative of a disillusioned faction of our society - disillusion aided by consistent disregard.
History is littered with men and women spurred into achievement by a father's disregard.
I held most of the world's females in disregard, for even a hint of mascara or lip colour was enough to have me disrespectful of them.
As the government has assumed power over monetary policy in contemptuous disregard of the expressed wishes of the savers (to say nothing of the provisions of the Constitution), it aggrandizes power.
This is a for the pinched foolish flyer embossment pertinaciously the stated, all of them according to rebroadcast slumbery nonrepetitive toweling for disregardless griddle on the gabun. Rational Review
It shows such a blatant disregard for the value of money. Times, Sunday Times
Hast thou forgotten thine arrogance and insolence and tyranny, and thy disregarding the due of goodfellowship and thy refusing to be advised by what the poet saith? The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
In most of them, however, there have been periods of stalemate and vacillation followed by periods when the party in power rode roughshod over the protests of many minorities, disregarding the fact that such action was not legitimatized by traditional morality. Energy and Society~ Chapter 13~ The Enlargement and Concentration of Political Power
Why disregard the advice of your highly paid coterie to make your life harder? Times, Sunday Times
This time he is accused of a reckless disregard for double yellow lines. Times, Sunday Times
Nor could he disregard the Salic Law which forbade the accession to the throne of a woman.
Yet it seems indeed, disregarding rare exceptions, that sooner or later a point is reached where arsphenamine treatment is unable to halt the fatal progression. Julius Wagner-Jauregg - Nobel Lecture
In an Inland Revenue consultation paper, Mr Brown also signalled a willingness to disregard student loans when calculating tax credit levels.
_azymite, azymite_ in amazing disregard of the proprieties. The Prince of India — Volume 02
If decisions are taken which are inconsistent with or disregard those terms the courts can intervene and require the decisions to be taken again in very much the same way as they intervene on judicial review.
In disregard for the current fashion, she wore her hair in loose golden waves and opted for sleeker skirts than the huge domed tents that were in style.
Disregarding a fundamental rule of airmanship that calls for lowering the nose of a plane to gain speed in the event of an aerodynamic stall, the 32-year-old co-pilot at the controls of Flight 447 continued to pull up the nose of the plane, despite extended stall warnings. Air France Crash Report Likely to Alter Pilot Training
Others are sponsored by ambitious federal agencies, sometimes with total disregard for the recommendations of other arms of government.
She disregarded the laws governing tavern hours, and stayed open late into the night, allowing her customers, some only in their teens, to drink and play the forbidden game of shovelboard, carousing loudly enough to disturb the neighbors' sleep. History of American Women
The accusation is that they disregard the legitimacy of contrary opinion on the principle that judgement is their prerogative alone, that they are asserting a privileged status, expecting it to be recognised. More on Critique
He is someone that shows flagrant disregard for the orders.
Whenever others disapprove of you, you must disregard them and be the only one to judge your own decisions and actions. Amy Tan
Perhaps the first pouter-pigeon did not inflate its crop much more than the turbit now does the upper part of its sophagus, a habit which is disregarded by all fanciers, as it is not one of the points of the breed. I. Variation under Domestication. Unconscious Selection
While I agree that I'm guilty of a moment's distraction, I feel I must defend myself against the memo's accusals of ‘sheer obtuseness where anything musical is concerned’ and ‘shameless disregard for the band's intentions’.
These four boyos are all united by a total disregard for their own personal safety and a burning desire to destroy the boundaries of taste and decency.
‘He worked out a rental value for himself, disregarding the Unit 3 rent but deducing a rent level from the existence of unlet premises and the alleged absence of demand’.
How dare they show such callous disregard for all the above points?
Less than a year behind bars is a paltry penalty for such a casual disregard for life. The Sun
Opposition B are the media who, for obvious reasons, blew up the affair, sometimes disregarding known facts in the process. DOUBLE DECEIT
Technical progress can cease and the most palpable facts can be denied or disregarded.
They are often seen in the open with what seems a reckless disregard for their own safety. Times, Sunday Times
They showed a complete disregard to this very special place. The Sun
It is impossible to overstate the momentousness of such events, and yet they have fallen into a shadowy disregard, eclipsed by recent history.
She completely disregarded all our objections.
Ambition often drives a thinker to stretch evidence, ignore nuance and disregard exceptions. Times, Sunday Times
The public should be thankful that some MPs have a conscience and not a cavalier disregard of democracy. Times, Sunday Times
But despite the ineluctable force of modernization it's surprising how strongly and deeply rooted this callous disregard for women is.
Unfortunately men often suffer in silence, disregarding the symptoms of a potentially serious condition.
Disregarding etiquette, I hoe in with my fingers to ensure that none of the precious flesh is wasted.
If the impact for very close ACs is shown to be negligeable, then you just publish that and disregard all the detailed sampling, picures, etc. Lights = 0, Air Conditioners = 22 « Climate Audit
Her cavalier disregard for money caused headaches. Times, Sunday Times
This has much to do with shopping and a little with wilful disregard of regular practice. Times, Sunday Times
The discipline of cash limits was repeatedly disregarded, with political factors often intervening to soften the government's monetarist convictions.
Her disregard of this advice was ultimately fatal.
She can write "stet" as well as I can ( "stet" is a proofreaders mark, Latin for "let it stand," and when one wishes to disregard a copyeditor's mark, one writes "stet" in the margin of the page. One of those WoW things.
The facts of what we call gravitation are obvious, and any attempt to disregard them would result in disaster, yet no satisfactory explanation of gravitation has yet been discovered: many theories have been suggested, but no theory has yet been proved to be true. Hormones and Heredity
I trust this callous disregard for viewers' feelings will be put right as soon as possible. Times, Sunday Times
The term “sensation novels” emerges as a profoundly apt encapsulation of the qualities of strangeness this process of abjection is locked onto (and one that is a precursor of “genre fiction” and comparable with “coloured people” in its disregard for the sensationalist content of writers like Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Emily Brontë and countless others in the canon). What is Literary Fiction?
You effectively acknowledge this in your report but disregard it in your leader where you give the plan your enthusiastic support. Times, Sunday Times
Now the crime of Barry and his comrades was that they apparently showed disregard for the sanctity of human life.
These rules the good scribe will know, then disregard, then cleverly reinterpret. THE CALLIGRAPHER
Bilingual / bicultural children face daunting challenges in educational settings that not only disregard their home language and culture, but also the wisdom of previous generations.
In the second case, disregarding mere syntactic and etymologic equivalence, his aim will be to reproduce the inner meaning and power of the original, so far as the constitutional difference of the two languages will permit him. The Unseen World, and Other Essays
In a musical climate where beauty is often disregarded or located in asymmetrical euphony, bands like Kepler are clinging to an older and more concrete conception of beauty - one that hinges on order, balance, and tradition.
By defending his blundering ways, this self-serving little weasel shows callous disregard for that poor little girl.
To overlook , forgive, or disregard ( an offense ) without protest or censure.
But in embracing the English language, Ankst prepared the ground for one of the remarkable success stories of the 1990s: the "cool Cymru" scene (a term disregarded in Wales in much the same way as trip-hop is in Bristol). Label of love: Ankst
If Ontarians ever made the same gesture, it would prompt the Feds to finally realize that killing the goose that lays the golden egg for the whole country is the outcome of their disregardful tactics and myopic vision.
And what I draw from it is that this is a man with a depraved heart and a complete disregard for human life.
With what blithe unconcern, too, it has disregarded the one-pointers.
Disregard the errors
Now and then a man may arise among us who in any calling, whether it be in law, in physic, in religious teaching, in art, or literature, may in his professional enthusiasm utterly disregard money.
As a cyclist you are getting used to disregardful, incapable, or aggressive motorists.
We disregarded these gathering clouds – and pretended that a period we retrospectively dub opulent and irresponsible was normal – when we might at least have been enjoying their silver linings. Whelk ice cream never meant we stopped being a Pot Noodle nation
I chose to disregard it - I figured we had just hit rough seas.
Disregard the niceties of the terms vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
But they did so with such disregard for the logistics of the whole that it rapidly proved unmanageable.
On the other hand the youth, like many others of his ilk these days, shows total disregard and contempt for authority of any kind.
It was unlawful for the Home Office to disregard the policy, as it had done in the directions for removal.
They are often seen in the open with what seems a reckless disregard for their own safety. Times, Sunday Times
In a satirical perspective, it may be blaming us for disregarding funerary rituals, for keeping death in an undomesticated, barbaric status.
_condition precedent_; -- but the meeting disregard it -- reject the condition, and gravely resolve to accept _a resignation_, which had not yet been tendered to them. A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen"
He completely disregarded my point of view.
I would be filled with rage at this casual disregard of my only child's suffering, if it weren't for the fact that it was pretty darn hilarious.
The free-flowing disregard for sentence boundaries is very pronounced here, but this of course does not mean the passage lacks all structure or does not bear up under analysis. Kerouac the Writer
`No, they weren't a bad lot," said the straw boater, with massive disregard for consistency of argument. DARE CALL IT TREASON
To disregard them would be even more foolish than to over-egg their wider significance. Archive 2007-07-01
If you persist in disregarding my advice, I shall wash my hands of the whole business.
They were horrified that this should result from the wholesome food produced on the farm, and disregarded the letter. Times, Sunday Times
Trees of mature growth are “_accrued_”; when with leaves, “_in foliage_” (but these two terms are so seldom used that they may be entirely disregarded); with fruit or seeds, “_fructed_” or “_seeded_”; if without leaves, “_blasted_”; and if their roots are exposed, “_eradicated_.” The Handbook to English Heraldry
There have been many other dissenting voices protesting the sale of public sector companies but these have been largely disregarded as the predictable ravings of the lunatic Left.
Britain had hitherto shown appalling disregard for the men who died fighting for it. Times, Sunday Times
Was his brazen disregard for my mother's feelings due to the fact that he felt justified because she had committed the original sin? Times, Sunday Times
They showed a complete disregard to this very special place. The Sun
Your natural sense of fairness helps you disregard gossip. The Sun
As such, if the Commission disregards the restart request, Parliament can simply vote the unmodified directive out of existence.
But his unworldly innocence disguises his disregard for the real social consequences of his actions.
The Bosnian government was accused of disregarding local legislation and ignoring human rights.
His determination to win is so intense that he disregards not only the interests of his clients, but also those of his law partners - whom he alienates and bankrupts.
In fact, far from the love of esteem being grounds for disesteem, a total disregard of others’ opinions seems to reveal in a person a certain contemptuousness of others, a characteristic that is itself disestimable.
It is right not to become involved in a civil war where both sides have shown their brutality and disregard for life. The Sun
Visitors to museums disregard cautionary boards and touch objects.
She considered confronting her about it, but quickly disregarded the idea.
The discipline of cash limits was repeatedly disregarded, with political factors often intervening to soften the government's monetarist convictions.
All of them are presented as taking place in an environment of such reckless irresponsibility and callous disregard of the value of human life as to strain credulity.
Their arrogance and dogmatism in pursuit of their political struggle led at one point to a kind of reckless disregard for life.
So the old Leftist disregard for the best interests of the whole persists.
Even though you knew that the scary bit was coming - your brain disregarded it, yet you still jumped. Zombie Wedding Cake » E-Mail
This disregard for the will of the people could not be allowed to continue.
This poetry was lyrical, taking its inspiration from nature and the countryside, and is now generally disregarded as lifeless and conventional.
Their self-obsession is matched only by their cynical contempt and disregard for anyone who is not part of their world.
Unfortunately, a lot of police precincts, what they do is tend to focus on a primary suspect and then disregard any evidence to the contrary.
You showed an arrogant disregard for the safety of others on the road. Times, Sunday Times
[387] His dissimulation was his disregard of the divine call in the vision described in § 21. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh
Such unregulated production spawns the growth of child labor and of a disregard for working conditions in general.
These men showed utter disregard for their welfare. The Sun
I am somewhat confused by your blissful disregard of the old-established legal principle of an accused being innocent unless proven guilty.
To say otherwise shows a disregard for human life. Times, Sunday Times
Our descendants will gasp in horror at our disregard. Times, Sunday Times
This phenomenon, in which an animal responds to a repeated stimulus by eventually disregarding it, is familiar to everyone.
In its blithe disregard for niceties the film ends up being a rather clever satire on the whole idea of normality.
His interest was centred almost entirely in the "shoppy" parcel, which by its shape might be "soldiers"; but he knew the rules of the game, and disregarding the large, ostentatious brown-papered thing, he went magnificently for the two small incoherent bundles. Jeremy
I just have a thick hide and disregard what silly people say.
In this atmosphere of casual disregard for the law, it's unsurprising that some Bermudians choose to fight with knives and machetes in broad daylight.
The clerks, as usual, were full of rude health, chatting with blithe disregard.
There is a stare look on with a disregard called called silent care.
The carvings are works of art in themselves, even disregarding their religious significance.
But however can one conceive of this happening without a total disregard for humanity?
What amazes me is her complete disregard for anyone else's opinion.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner says if reports that government security forces contributed to her death are accurate, then it demonstrates what he calls a "deplorable disregard for human dignity and respect" by Iranian authorities. Iran, Opposition Groups Dispute Cause of Activist's Death
She completely disregarded all our objections.
I would unhesitatingly recommend him for any position for which degeneracy, extreme turpitude, blatant immorality and total disregard of ordinary decent standards are the prime requisites.
This is not to disregard the importance of treating the etiology of CHF by improving coronary circulation or correcting valvular abnormalities.
Meanwhile, I guess they, like the people shown in the following examples gleaned from the internet proudly displaying their disregard for human life, they think they are just the coolest thing since sliced bread. 2009 August « Mudpuddle
Further, far from finding myself compelled "to disregard or dismiss evidence of connivance by some British agencies or individuals in Cetnik collaboration with the Axis," I take care to note that the Cetniks as well as the Titoists ” with whom we also "connived" ” made tactical deals with the Axis. Yugoslavia & the British
It uncovers a callous disregard for innocent life. Times, Sunday Times
Their negligence and arrogant disregard for facts will put lives at risk.
I expected to meet a creature of almost heraldic grimness -- rampant, disregardant, gules. Set in Silver
She disregarded it and rose on her own, her eyes clouded over in deep thought.
I believe that in any military action carried out by a government against a nation, a certain casual disregard for human life occurs.
Of course a novelist is not obliged to write directly about contemporary history, but a novelist who simply disregards the major public events of the moment is generally either a footler or a plain idiot. Collected Essays
His playful frolics with foxes and bears show his lack of fear of the wild and disregard for his own safety.
He did it in disregard of any advice.
They showed a brazen disregard for user's privacy.
Thus disregard for the law, petty bribery and corruption were endemic. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
Disregarding the two of them, he thrust expertly at Jack, who blocked effortlessly and returned the blow.
Cosmeceutical industry 'disregards' safety, according to cancer charity CosmeticsDesign RSS
MJ posted: "But perhaps more importantly, a 'centrist' is someone who strives objectively to understand the world as it really exists before he acts in it in consequential ways rather than someone who interprets that world through an ideology that ignors inconvenient facts and acts in total disregard of all who question its vision. Sound Politics: The Religion of Peace Marches On
He was a defensive liability early in the season, misplaying several fly balls and showing a general disregard for hustle.
Your utter disregard for everything that is good and decent has rocked the very foundation upon which our society is built.
These rules the good scribe will know, then disregard, then cleverly reinterpret. THE CALLIGRAPHER
But the Stoics also have devoted some pains to the latter, for they have diligently considered the methods of carrying on a discussion by that science which they call dialectics; but the art of discovering arguments, which is called topics, and which was more serviceable for practical use, and certainly prior in the order of nature, they have wholly disregarded. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
What amazes me is her complete disregard for anyone else's opinion.
They have shown a ruthless disregard for basic human rights.
She shows a blithe disregard for danger.
I trust this callous disregard for viewers' feelings will be put right as soon as possible. Times, Sunday Times
And yet, despite our earnest desire for happiness, we persist in disregarding the spiritual depths of ourselves.
His callous disregard for the priest also showed itself in his subsequent failure to discover whether he was dead or alive.
One may disregard or actively listen for the words, feel how they combine with the music, but it is hard not to hear them as something other and more than pure musical sound.
Proceed in an orderly fashion and disregard curbstone advice.
The generous officer would have included Mr. Jarvie and me in this general acquittance; but the Bailie, disregarding an intimation from the landlady to “make as muckle of the Inglishers as we could, for they were sure to gie us plague eneugh,” went into a formal accounting respecting our share of the reckoning, and paid it accordingly. Rob Roy
U.S. Senate 'disregards' procedural rule to FORCE $700 billion provision on bill to vote tonight. Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free
To say otherwise shows a disregard for human life. Times, Sunday Times
One reader of this column was so struck by England patent disregard for the fans and for one another, he sent me a quote from the late, title-winning Wolves manager Stan Cullis.
Schily displayed remarkable vehemence and ruthlessness in his disregard for constitutional ground rules previously considered inviolable.
He did so knowingly and with a total disregard for her physical or emotional wellbeing. Times, Sunday Times
Hypothyroidism develops slowly, so early symptoms tend to be disregarded as something that will pass.
Your actions showed disregard for the safety of the helicopter and its occupant. Times, Sunday Times
The outcome is a slap in the face for thousands of people who took part in a household survey asking for their views only to find them summarily disregarded.
People are more than likely to fail in life, if they are enslaved by negative beliefs disregarding positive values and habits. Dr T.P.Chia
One bag of chips every now and then is NOT a flagrant disregard for their health.
Saunders has also noted journalists' general disregard for female occupation leader when reporting the occupiers' stance.
This hamadryad was destined in the outcome to dwindle into a village housewife, she would have taken a lively interest in the number of eggs the hens were laying, she would even have assured her children, precisely in the way her father spoke of John Hughes, that young people ordinarily have foolish fancies which their rational elders agree to disregard. The Certain Hour
But that doesn't mean existing and traditional programming should be disregarded.
Her cavalier disregard for money caused headaches. Times, Sunday Times
Incomplete questionnaires or crude, poorly written, or flame-like responses will be disregarded.
Your commanding officers will not take kindly to your disregard to authority.
Their language bears no affinity to the idioms of the Continent: in the habits of domestic life, they are not easily distinguished from their neighbors of France: but the most singular circumstance of their manners is their disregard of conjugal honor and of female chastity. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law
The 30 mph limit was disregarded in the euphoria of being able to gun an engine again.
This being the case perhaps the best way to proceed is to try to guess equations, and disregard physical models or descriptions. Richard P. Feynman - Nobel Lecture
He highlights his disregard for self-absorbed authoritarianism.
Know, then, reader, that you have to do with a person who, provided his words but clearly express the sentiments of his mind, entertains a fixed and absolute disregard for all elegance and ornaments of speech; for, — “Dicite, pontifices, in sacris quid facit aurum?” A Dissertation on Divine Justice
Disregard the time-change madness and consider their Action Driver labelmates (which include unapologetic new wavers Radio Berlin), and Thunderbirds almost begin to sound different by proxy.

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