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.
One is that, in most places, sex work is illegal, and almost everywhere frowned upon.
Measures that increase local borrowing costs will likely be frowned upon by the financial markets.
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The use of sexually suggestive equipment, such as paper-clips or hole-punchers, was frowned upon.
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.
Seeking knowledge simply for the sake of knowing was frowned upon, and criticized by St.
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Instead, it is important to provide guidance on what is appreciated by the company and what is frowned upon.
Since censorship of any kind is frowned upon by millions of 'Net users, the blackout could be quite extensive.
Taking children out of school during term time is very much frowned upon.
For years, beards were frowned upon as symbolic of the Islamist movements that Mubarak considered a threat to his reign.
With lectures and publications, they propagated ideas frowned upon at universities and converted the most powerful players in this revolution.
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.
During the Expo the authorities let it be known, informally, that any gathering of more than 40 people would be frowned upon.
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.
Long a darling of the right, Philip was made much of by the Francoists, and was correspondingly frowned upon by the left.
In a land where the pursuit of pure profit was officially frowned upon, however, shareholders were to a large extent taken for granted.
China's leaders are at pains to show their increasing sophistication, so public dancing around the corpse of the American financier is frowned upon.
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