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boycottworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From boycott + -worthy.

Meanings

  1. Deserving of a boycott.
    • Not that violence against humans is essential for a region to become boycottworthy. On the ethical consumer website’s list of “progressive boycotts”, campaigners also argue for boycotts on Alaska (wolf-killing) and Canada (for seal-killing, seafood), on Japan (whales) and Mauritius for exporting live primates. 2015 June 6, Catherine Bennett, “Oh, why don’t we boycott boycotts? They are pointless”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2020:
    • If one of the most famous stars in the world gets this much grief trying to self-finance and self-distribute a Christ movie without the approval of Jewish pressure groups, what’s a mere studio owned by a conglomerate with 30 other boycottworthy irons in the fire to do? 2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2023:

Forms

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more boycottworthy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most boycottworthy Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

boycottable