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applaudable

[uh-plaw-duh-buhl]

adjective

  1. worthy of praise or applause; estimable; admirable.

    applaudable efforts to save the environment.



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Other Word Forms

  • applaudably adverb
  • unapplaudable adjective
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“Cultivate thrifty habits and foster a social environment where waste is shameful and thriftiness is applaudable,” Mr. Xi said in a directive carried by the official People’s Daily newspaper last week.

Despite some applaudable privacy protections from Google, my family never got to a yes.

These are highly applaudable steps, though one hopes the government would take a similar attitude with regards to free speech and freedom to publish in the country.

The game sold 1.5 million copies, which is perfectly applaudable for a debut title from a new studio for a franchise with a completely unknown name.

From Forbes

Hernandez’s determination to understand the nature of this beast is applaudable.

From Salon

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