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forgiving

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for forgiving.

Editorial note

It's also likely easier to move faster when the public is more forgiving of worker deaths.

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Quick take

An act of forgiveness.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

An act of forgiveness.

adjective

Inclined to forgive.

adjective

(computing) User-friendly, such that harmful mistakes are not easily made.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forgiving.

Example sentences

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It's also likely easier to move faster when the public is more forgiving of worker deaths.

2

Probably not its fault, just that the code is not as forgiving and ready-to-consume as I had expected.

3

Missing a phone call, WoW raid or whatever else I plan on the net by an hour is less forgiving.

4

But forgiving them does not mean that I agree with their actions.

5

Now having such a strict compiler is great sometimes, and having a more forgiving compiler like Python's is also great soemtimes.

6

F95, forgiving a couple of faddish additions, is a pretty reasonable language.

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* He may have still be getting the Peer Bonuses because he was under a different manager/supervisor that was more forgiving.

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Input lag is killer, and users are far less forgiving of it than with something like netflix, where lag between the server sending data and the client receiving data is fine (Keep in mind that most pixels change most frames in a first-person 3d game, so it doesn't compress all that well either).

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It just seems like there are a lot of things that we don't think much about currently because our current system is generally pretty forgiving in its fuzziness, but that could have big consequences (and introduce new incentives to act badly) in the world of script-controlled, irreversible contracts.

Quote examples

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Then, there could be a much more forgiving and intelligent front end to the front end that allowed for things like "-i foo.avi./foo.mp4", making best guesses at each stage of the pipeline.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use forgiving in a sentence?

It's also likely easier to move faster when the public is more forgiving of worker deaths.

What does forgiving mean?

An act of forgiveness.

What part of speech is forgiving?

forgiving is commonly used as noun, adjective.