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Travesty
Travesty meaning
An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation. | A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work). | An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).
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Example sentences (20)
But the story of how the Hollywood bottom feeder persuaded a Baptist minister to fund the travesty of cinema only adds another layer to the Wood mystique.
Following his release, Trump reporters, “What has taken place here is a travesty of justice.
Given the off field travesty that Martin is fully responsible for Maher et al are performing absolute miracles.
He jokingly described the grammar as a 'travesty' and the people responsible as 'cretins' before suggesting that 'a ring' should have been crossed out and replaced with 'an offer' to make it make sense.
IT would be a “travesty” if the Scottish Government delayed the replacement for Glasgow’s Barlinnie jail again, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland has warned.
Just last week, he tweeted that “it is a travesty” that the topics of women deacons, priestly celibacy, and transgender issues were included on the Synod on Synondality document.
Previously the inquest heard transgender people are being let down by ‘extraordinarily long’ NHS waiting lists, which are causing a ‘travesty’ of self-harm and suicide.
She said: 'It's a travesty that Paul didn't get the support he needed when he needed it most.
The travesty resulting from all of this is the fact no major media outlets reported this unforgivable act. How long will the voting public support this novice government?
After Kristiansen was found to have been innocent all along, and the victim of a travesty of justice, the case against Andersen was reopened.
Apparently, whoever thought up this gastronomical travesty against nature, is unwilling to reveal their name, or their intentions.
But who can be happy over such a travesty, especially in light of the protests over the Gaza war at USC and other college campuses?
Cuts to local radio services have been a travesty to visually impaired people, a national campaign group has warned.
His own plays included Tapestries: A Travesty (with Alan Lever), Lovers Come and Lovers Go But Friends Are Hard to Find, and The Dark Haired Girl, based on the women in the life of SF writer Philip K Dick.
If all governments, health care and law enforcement would collaborate toward the growing social travesty of homelessness.
I felt what the DA was doing was a travesty.
Our Black must get a hold of the travesty of justice and rid the country of this colonial cancer and blight.
Prof Schechter said: "Even though Packer was probably guilty his trial was a travesty.
Thank you to the folks at Giants Wire and SB Nation for shining a light on this travesty.
The desertion of Israel is a travesty not only for Israelis and Jews worldwide forced to face a wave of anti-Semitism alone, but for the West itself, too.