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hollow promise

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meanings of hollowand promise


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hollow
adjective
uk /ˈhɒl.əʊ/ us /ˈhɑː.loʊ/
having a hole or empty ...
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promise
noun
uk /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ us /ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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Examples of hollow promise


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It was a hollowpromise, especially for those who bore the harshest consequences of the poll tax burden.
From the
Hansard archive

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My impression is that we are appeasing our consciences by talking about sustainable development, but that this is yet another hollowpromise.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Nevertheless, it is better than nothing, and we might, at least, demonstrate that this initiative was a hollowpromise.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
If he has no more money, this is a hollowpromise.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Does it remain his policy to protect playing fields, or is this just another hollowpromise, like the one on tax?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It is a hollowpromise to provide a statutory right to a transfer when the houses to which these people should be transferred have been sold.
From the
Hansard archive

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It is a hollowpromise.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Neither is it of any benefit if state leaders travel to applicant countries and make hollow promises that membership is just around the corner.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We are not in the business of making hollow promises.
From the
Hansard archive

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Do not his subsequent remarks show that all those opening words were nothing but hollow promises?
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They have been disillusioned by short-term measures and hollow promises designed to win electoral popularity rather than to solve our deep-seated problems.
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Hansard archive

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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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