imposition
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6.4
- noun
- /ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən/
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imposición
- Asking for a favor at such short notice felt like an unfair imposition on my time.
- sexual imposition
- sexual imposition or aggression
- resist the imposition
It's this sort of imposition on their life.
- It's this sort of imposition on their life.
- It is the result of what I call the unreflected imposition of a culture.
- This wouldn't be a financial imposition on me, but it sure seems unfair.
- You know, impositions of propriety are keeping you apart.
- And so they resist the real impositions.
- It was not a right wing imposition.
- You have to do it in such a way that it doesn't feel to you like it's an imposition to act that way.
- Paul then actually says forgive my arrogant imposition.
- Paul said, forgive my arrogant imposition.
- So I argue that we must return to basic values, but not in terms of imposition.
- You know, there, there was a, there was, there was always a feeling of being an imposition and, and not wanting any attention drawn to myself.
- And so it's the US government or US taxpayers, all of us who are registering now the the, the financial imposition of the Student Loans not being paid back.
Examples
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Mr. and Mrs. Racer, I hope you will forgive this imposition.
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I know it's a hell of an imposition getting you involved and everything, but...
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I know this is a terrible imposition, but it's not like I wanted him here.
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Now, I know it's going to be something of an imposition, but we're more than willing to do anything...
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Would it be a terrible imposition to ask you to take better care of your equipment?
Fiction book (1995) -
It's too much of an imposition.
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I thought it was an imposition.
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Look, l don't want to be an imposition here.
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The labor movement has suffered from the imposition of certain external constraints as well.
Academic text (1994) -
This wouldn't be a financial imposition on me, but it sure seems unfair.
Synonyms
2
8.1
Something that makes life or an activity harder
Something that makes a task or journey harder
Antonyms
How Burdensome
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Imposition comes from im- ('on') and pose ('to place'), like the verb impose. So an imposition is something 'placed on' a person, which is why it can mean an unfair demand or a heavy burden.