During secular bull markets, selling is frowned upon, as buy-and-hold turns into investing religion.
Sufism is a mystical dimension of Islam considered offbeat and frowned upon by Islamic hardliners.
When my mother was born it was frowned upon to teach your children Welsh.
Should consultants be frowned upon for maximizing their business opportunities, if they can do so ethically?
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They can have physical contact with children - something now frowned upon or forbidden in schools.
Moneymaking is not frowned upon: Many of the 290 faculty at Scripps consult on the side.
Measures that increase local borrowing costs will likely be frowned upon by the financial markets.
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While still legally allowed, that sort of thing is frowned upon these days.
Traditionally the number 13 is frowned upon as being unlucky, but today Google has all the luck.
But despite the gladiatorial combat at the programme's core, trying too hard to win was frowned upon.
Wearing a button-down collar shirt with a suit and tie has sometimes been frowned upon by purists.
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One mother, Zeng Liping, told me that teachers had frowned upon her bringing her sixth grader to Europe.
Instead, it is important to provide guidance on what is appreciated by the company and what is frowned upon.
Taking children out of school during term time is very much frowned upon.
Others might be keener to learn whether there are any past relationships, something which can still be frowned upon in India.
Roberts' scantily clad character is frowned upon by hotel staff, but eventually wins them over with her personality and wardrobe transformation.
This gives the managers two bites at the apple, and it's a dubious prosecutorial practice that is frowned upon by most courts.
Being a Quaker, his bankruptcy was frowned upon to say the least, and he was excluded from the Religious Society of Friends.
This kitchen might be smart, but it's also a place where every mistake, every deviation from the master plan, is frowned upon.
Telephone interviewing used to be frowned upon by polling firms because Tory voters were likelier to have a phone than Labour voters.
In a land where the pursuit of pure profit was officially frowned upon, however, shareholders were to a large extent taken for granted.
Drinking is not prohibited under Buddhism, but it is frowned upon by many Thais as not socially respectable, and a threat to family life.
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When the Kinect was first launched, Microsoft frowned upon hacking Kinect.
Public touching by tradition is frowned upon, but this prohibition is relaxed in the rugby scrums that form in crowded buses, trains and department stores.
Public displays of affection are frowned upon in mainstream society, so at midnight, the only fireworks were in the sky: there was no kissing even among couples.
Arsenic and lead, ingredients frowned upon today, produced vibrant colors.
This is normally frowned upon as being like vigilante action.
The poor are forced into a long or permanent bachelorhood, a status widely frowned upon in India, where marriage is deemed essential to becoming a full member of society.
That same day on CNBC, Squawk on the Street host Jim Cramer frowned upon those who would cut back on donations just because they were taking a hit on taxes.
When Spender himself published earlier editions of his collected poems, he was careful to edit out his immature work, and even to re-write pieces that his maturer self frowned upon.
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