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beggar belief

verb

Definitions

  1. To appear implausible or unbelievable.

    • It beggars belief to suppose that corporate policies can always pursue the best interests of a company.
    • In Shakespeare's day boys or men took the part of women, and how characters like Lady Macbeth and Desdemona were adequately rendered by youths beggars belief.
    • "It beggars belief that delegates are given smartcards for free travel around the city, yet ordinary Glaswegians will still be forced to use a disjointed ticketing system."

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for beggar belief. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA