laudable
deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
Medicine/Medical Obsolete. healthy; wholesome; not noxious.
Origin of laudable
1Other words from laudable
- laud·a·bil·i·ty, laud·a·ble·ness, noun
- laud·a·bly, adverb
- un·laud·a·ble, adjective
- un·laud·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·laud·a·bly, adverb
Words that may be confused with laudable
- laudable , laudatory
Words Nearby laudable
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How to use laudable in a sentence
Making sure that people have a choice is laudable, but overwhelmed decision makers are even more likely to take the default.
We Only Think We're Making Our Own Choices. It Matters How Options Are Framed | Eric J. Johnson | November 10, 2021 | TimeRecently, many laudable civic education initiatives have emerged.
Why it’s a mistake to teach climate change only in science class | Valerie Strauss | September 22, 2021 | Washington PostSo, allow us to shine a light on some good games that may not immediately seem laudable.
30 under $25: A collection of good hidden gem games from Steam’s Summer Sale | Jeff Dunn | July 2, 2021 | Ars TechnicaCritics say forest preservation is laudable but, without planting more trees, doesn’t help meet the state’s expressed goal of “no net loss” to the overall canopy.
Maryland lawmakers debate how forests lost to development should be replaced | Katherine Shaver | April 8, 2021 | Washington PostFirst, while the goals of stakeholder capitalism—such as fairer wages, lesser income inequality, and smaller carbon footprint—are laudable, they are not, in and of themselves, the stuff of antitrust.
FTC commissioner: Is antitrust the next stakeholder capitalism battleground? | jakemeth | September 26, 2020 | Fortune
With laudable promptness, the speechifying began, as promised, at 11.
Black American Leadership Alliance D.C. Anti-Immigration Rally Wilts | Michelle Cottle | July 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe garment is laudable: both innovative and socially conscious.
‘Anti-Rape’ Lingerie Creator Wants to Protect Women From Sexual Assault | Isabel Wilkinson | April 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the activists, for obvious and laudable reasons, want this option to be taken off the books in this case and for all time.
Saudi Arabia’s Child-Rape Case: Female Activists Fight to Prevent Abuse | Christopher Dickey | February 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd we endorse the principle that no goal is laudable if it increases even slightly the risk of violence against our children.
Autism Had Nothing to Do With Adam Lanza’s Rampage | Richard E. Farley | December 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThese are telling remarks, and they show how laudable exercises in empathy can end up hurting those they intend to help.
Stop Moping! The Marathon Is Exactly What New York Needs Right Now | Jay Michaelson | November 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a very laudable spirit on the part of a dying man to wish to—ah—perpetuate these old English names.
First Plays | A. A. MilneThe laudable aim of America to convert the Filipino into an American in action and sentiment will probably never be realized.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman"That is very kind of you, but I fancy it is rather late to form so laudable a resolve," the officer said in his sarcastic voice.
The Border Rifles | Gustave AimardOne American house makes a laudable attempt at a more exact terminology by calling the killed cultures of bacteria bacterins.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawThen the sovereign is an impious wretch, a heretic; his destruction is laudable; heaven rejoices in his overthrow.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
British Dictionary definitions for laudable
/ (ˈlɔːdəbəl) /
deserving or worthy of praise; admirable; commendable
Derived forms of laudable
- laudableness or laudability, noun
- laudably, adverb
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