- past tense form of disapprove.
- past participle of disapprove.
disapproved
Example Sentences
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Even so, Zaslav’s package failed to win shareholder support; 84% of those who voted in June disapproved, following a similar rejection a year before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
If states didn’t submit plans by September 2016, or if the EPA disapproved of them, the feds would take over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The King warned, in a message recorded at Balmoral earlier this month, that his mother would have disapproved of the current state of the world.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
A Pew Research poll from November showed that 70 percent of Latinos disapproved of his performance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Nero raised his head, blinked at me, and then cuddled closer to Georgie as if he, too, disapproved of my plans.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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