sinister implication

collocation in English

meaningsofsinisterandimplication

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sinister
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪn.ɪ.stər/us
/ˈsɪn.ə.stɚ/
making you feel that something bad or evil ...
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implication
noun
uk
/ˌɪm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying ...
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(Definition ofsinisterandimplicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsinister implication

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I do not believe that there is anysinisterimplicationin that.
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There is nosinisterimplicationto be drawn from that.
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We had letters suggesting that there was somesinisterimplicationin this, that pressure was being put upon us to withdraw some injudicious remark.
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That was an extremelysinisterimplicationin the argument.
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Although that tells us absolutely nothing, it has the rathersinisterimplicationthat the provision may be extended in any direction, for any purpose, at any time.
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Muchsinisterimplicationwas read info it.
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It certainly carries asinisterimplication.
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I think the suspicions of my noble friend have on this occasion gone a little too far, because there is nosinisterimplicationin this move.
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We are contemplating draconian measures because of the sinister implications and our total abomination of the trade.
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In any case, it would have sinister implications for civil liberties if that were to happen.
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What she has said this afternoon underlines the sinister implications which we felt when we first read the statement on the tape early this morning.
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There are no sinister implications of the type he suggested.
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Would not there be sinister implications if there were?
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That has sinister implications as the information could be used to compile a data network covering everyone.
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In 1945 that word did not have quite the sinister implications which it has today.
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These are just facts, and they carry no sinister implications behind them.
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Why that should be represented as having all these sinister implications passes my comprehension.
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However, as has been said, to extend the time, as the amendment proposes, may have more sinister implications.
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This has the beneficial aim of a child free of genetic defects but may also have more sinister implications.
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The confusion, the self-contradiction, and the obscurity have no sinister implications.
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