At variance
prep_phrase
prep_phrase ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 not in accord wordnet
Prep_phrase
- 1 Not in accord; in a state of disagreement. idiomatic
"Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]"
Example
More examples"Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]"