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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Circumvent

Hi,

My dictionary offers this as one of the definitions of circumvent:-

to avoid a problem or rule that restricts you, especially in a clever or dishonest way - used to show disapproval

Does it mean that one would not normally say something like: "To circumvent this problem, we may...", because the word has a negative connotation?

Thanks in advance
  

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I'm not sure I agree with your dictionary. " I suppose it's possible to come up with such an example, but none occur to me at the moment.

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  • I'm not sure I agree with your dictionary.
  • " I suppose it's possible to come up with such an example, but none occur to me at the moment.
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I'm not sure I agree with your dictionary. I don't really see anything pejorative about "circumvent."

I suppose it's possible to come up with such an example, but none occur to me at the moment.
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