without wanting to do something

without wanting to do something
without wishing/wanting/to do something mainly spoken phrase
used when you are going to say something that someone may not like

Without wishing to sound ungrateful, I should like to point out that you only did what you were paid to do.

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  • without wishing to do something — without wishing/wanting/to do something mainly spoken phrase used when you are going to say something that someone may not like Without wishing to sound ungrateful, I should like to point out that you only did what you were paid to do. Thesaurus …   Useful english dictionary

  • without — adverb, preposition 1 lacking something, especially something that is basic or necessary: We had to survive without light or heating for a whole month. | can t do without (=unable to live or work without something): We can t do without hot water… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • without — with|out W1S1 [wıðˈaut US wıðˈaut, wıθˈaut] prep, adv [: Old English; Origin: withutan] 1.) not having something, especially something that is basic or necessary ▪ After the storm we were without electricity for five days. ▪ a house without a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • without — with|out [ wıð aut ] function word *** Without can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): I can t see without my glasses. (followed by the ing form of a verb): She walked past without saying anything. as an adverb… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • without */*/*/ — UK [wɪðˈaʊt] / US adverb, preposition Summary: Without can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): I can t see without my glasses. (followed by the ing form of a verb): She walked past without saying anything. as an… …   English dictionary

  • wanting — [wän′tiŋ] adj. 1. absent; lacking; missing [a coat with some buttons wanting] 2. not up to some standard; inadequate in some essential [weighed and found wanting] prep. 1. lacking (something); without [a watch wanting a minute hand] 2. minus;… …   English World dictionary

  • Wanting — Want Want, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wanting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wanting — adj 1. in want of, lacking, needing, in need of, short or short of, Inf. shy; absent, missing, out of, destitute of, empty of, void of, devoid of, deprived of, bereft of, bankrupt of, unpossessed of, shorn of, stripped of, divested of. 2.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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