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sinister purpose

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meanings of sinisterand purpose


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sinister
adjective
uk /ˈsɪn.ɪ.stər/ us /ˈsɪn.ə.stɚ/
making you feel that something bad or evil ...
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purpose
noun
uk /ˈpɜː.pəs/ us /ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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Examples of sinister purpose


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We have given frequent assurances that there is no secret agenda or sinisterpurpose behind the clause.
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I am assured there is no sinisterpurpose in it.
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I feel that behind it there is a sinisterpurpose.
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Is it being introduced for some sinisterpurpose because of some international agreement?
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Some of those groups would he more risible than anything else if there were not such a sinisterpurpose behind them.
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If there were any sinisterpurpose, we should continue the publication of the bulletin in order to show a vastly improved situation this year.
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Why should anyone want to possess a human embryo, produced by in vitro fertilisation, except for a sinisterpurpose?
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There is no sinisterpurpose behind the provision.
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After the war came the realisation of what is, perhaps, their sinisterpurpose; their idea of world domination.
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I recognise that there are disruptive elements in society, either because of ideological motives, or for some other purpose—even a sinisterpurpose.
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The amendment has no sinisterpurpose: we are not trying to change the ethos of the housing association movement.
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It may, at first sight, seem an innocent thing and to mark no sinisterpurpose.
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Even explosives are not always used for the sinisterpurpose which he at once has in mind.
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What is this sinisterpurpose from which he is so kind as to acquit me?
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This provision has no sinisterpurpose behind it.
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I think that many well-meaning people are being misled by others who have a sinisterpurpose in their minds.
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One wonders whether his performance today was due to inefficiency or whether there was some sinisterpurpose behind it.
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I readily assure her that there is no sinisterpurpose in clause 5(3), dealing with the suspension of benefit.
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There is no sinisterpurpose in this.
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