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remoteness

ree moht nuhs

  • n  the property of being remote
  • n  a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

  • Then, last year, the Poeterays put Jade in the care of Hong Kong's Social Welfare Department, saying they could no longer care for her because of the girl's emotional remoteness.
  • Little wonder that Timbuktu is a byword for remoteness.
  • Schooled since birth in the remoteness and reticence that become a deity, Japan's 82-year-old monarch remains to this day as impassive and impenetrable as the stone walls of .
News & Articles

  • Wonders of the Western Slope: East Fork Falls
    High atop the Roan Plateau, you'll find several impressive waterfalls, but only one, East Fork Falls, is on public land.  Because of its remoteness, not many have the opportunity to see it. 
    July 1, 2013 - KJCT 8 Grand Junction
Quotes

  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Times of India
    With its size and remoteness, Tuvalu faces a unique set of economic challenges. I am confident that Fund membership will help Tuvalu strengthen its economic footing,he added.
  • Iain Duncan Smith in WalesOnline
    In a speech in London yesterday Mr Duncan Smith said: "The vast majority of people are either completely disengaged or utterly baffled by pensions. Maybe it is apathy, maybe it is remoteness in time, maybe it is the complexity, or a combination all...
  • Ted Stevens in SitNews
    Imported farmed salmon, high energy costs, and the area's remoteness have limited economic development and contributed to high poverty in the region,said Senator Stevens. "The possibility of oil and gas development in Bristol Bay presents...

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