Vocabulary
Exclusion
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the process of excluding or the state of being excluded.
Urdu meaning
اخراج، خارج شدگی، مستثنیٰ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Resultantly, the exclusion of the more independent judges from constitutional cases has led to more decisions in favour of the executive.
- This year`s International Literacy Day theme -`Promoting literacy in the digital era`highlights how those without digital fluency risk exclusion not just from knowledge, but from work, services and citizenship itself.
- It demands serious attention to the underlying grievances that fuel unrest, corruption, exclusion, inadequate service delivery and ethnic or sectarian marginalisation.
- Despite being the backbone of urban hygiene, sanitation workers are routinely subjected to degrading treatment, dangerous working conditions and systemic exclusion.
- Many endure verbal abuse, exclusion from shared spaces and even social segregation all while risking injury or death on the job.
Synonyms
barring, debarment, keeping out, debarring, banning, disbarring, prohibition, ban,
Antonyms
acceptance, inclusion, admission,
Curator example
“he had a hand in my exclusion from the committee”
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