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noun

qualm

CEFR C2

uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)

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Six example sentences with qualm, each labelled with its topic.

  • She had a qualm about the contract from the first meeting, and resigned the week the auditors arrived.

    Business

  • Photographers who feel no qualm about staging a news image will not last long at any serious agency.

    Photography

  • The lab director voiced a qualm about publishing before the second team had reproduced a single measurement.

    Science

  • The broker felt a qualm about selling the risky bond to a retired teacher who clearly did not understand it.

    Finance

  • The senator voiced a qualm about the bill, admitting that it favored the district where his family owned land.

    Politics

  • Some players feel a qualm about using the exploit even in ranked matches where everyone else clearly does.

    Gaming

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