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procrustean
adjective as in unsparing
Example Sentences
If you’re the parent of a child with special needs who’s felt the cold procrustean hands of the public school system, you know what this father is up against.
Perhaps it’s worth mentioning here that zero — that’s zero — Syrian refugees allowed into the U.S. through our procrustean refugee program have been involved in a fatal terrorist attack.
At bottom, net neutrality has become a procrustean fetish.
Alas, antitrust’s procrustean prejudice against cooperative acts by competitors stands in the way.
There are historical and political reasons why Pakistan is what one writer has called a "procrustean hell".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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