adjective
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a blatant/glaring example (= very obvious and very bad )
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His case is a blatant example of the unfairness of the current systen.
a glaring error (= very bad and very noticeable )
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There is a glaring error on page 10, where his date of death is given as 2053, not 1003.
a glaring omission (= one that is very bad and easily noticed )
glaring inconsistencies (= very noticeable differences )
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There were several glaring inconsistencies in his report.
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■ ADVERB
most
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The most glaring omission was the lack of reference to take-up problems.
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I look forward to your suggestions for the most glaring omissions.
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Perhaps the most glaring epistemological critique levelled at Marxist approaches is that they contain no counter-factual.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"It was a glaring example of bad judgment," said one official who asked not to be named.
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It was a glaring error, which cost the company over $2 million in lost business.
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the glaring sun
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He had judged her without question, but could attribute fortitude and resolution to Matilda despite the Empress's glaring faults.
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I am a glaring exception to this normality simply by walking.
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I left her glaring and withdrew from the group, to find Jules waiting for me.
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She was still glaring , though straight ahead now.
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The government had made serious proposals during 1988 about reforming the graduate assignment system because of its glaring inefficiencies.
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Too many bright lights can create a glaring contrast between the lit and unlit areas.