Translations for „cupidity“ in the Russian » English Dictionary

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cupidity

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The cupidity and villainy of human beings is over emphasised.

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We live in the age of those who are willing to sacrifice integrity for cupidity or integrity for venality, of selling their souls.

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Perhaps cupidity and stupidity know no bounds!

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Failures are instead attributed to oddity in the law, flaws in the judiciary, or the cupidity of juries.

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Fooling around with the body's enzyme system is stupidity/cupidity to the max.

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In addition, its creator can instruct it to pile up treasures and watch over them and to simulate a form of cupidity.

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We denounce the fatal policy of indifference and neglect which has left our enormous immigrant population to become the prey of chance and cupidity.

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Whether it is stupidity or cupidity is less important than the damage done.

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I think that cupidity has bitten me here.

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I'll take stable and unethical over chaos and cupidity.

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