willful
IPA: wˈɪɫfʌɫ
adjective
- US standard spelling of wilful. [Intentional; deliberate.]
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Examples of "willful" in Sentences
- Break them and await arrest in willful, principled civil disobedience.
- Are you familiar with the term 'willful blindness?' asked Liberal Democrat Adrian Sanders.
- In studying the video, my political side would like to believe Murdoch's performance on Tuesday was all hubris topped off by an "old man act" in the name of willful denial.
- The meaning of the word "willful" is notoriously murky see, e.g., the multitudinous Supreme Court cases over the word, so the statute would be improved by using a more detailed synonym.
- Congressman Rush Holt, D-New Jersey, Thursday accused the Pentagon of what he called "willful blindness" in not acting faster to identify and correct the problems and fully report them.
- Adrian Sanders, a Liberal Democrat MP, asked James Murdoch if he was familiar with the term "willful blindness," a legal term referring to executives who purposefully hide behind the excuse of not knowing.
- During last week's hearing, James Murdoch was asked if he was familiar with the term "willful blindness," which was used to describe the behavior of senior executives at Enron who averted their eyes from wrongdoing.
- During last week's hearing, James Murdoch was asked if he was familiar with the term "willful blindness," which was used to describe the behavior of senior executives at Enron, who allegedly averted their eyes from wrongdoing.
- Murray - announced that they were going to flesh out the original by changing dialogue, adding back stories, and having a new, more upbeat ending, Stephen Sondheim got so angry he wrote to the New York Times attacking what he called willful ignorance and arrogance.
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