"garish" meaning in English

See garish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-garish.ogg Forms: more garish [comparative], most garish [superlative]
Etymology: Unknown, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, from *gʰew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{inh|en|enm|gawren||to stare}} Middle English gawren (“to stare”), {{der|en|non|gá||to watch, heed}} Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”), {{der|en|ine-pro||*gʰow-rós}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, {{cog|en|gaw}} English gaw Head templates: {{en-adj}} garish (comparative more garish, superlative most garish)
  1. Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. Categories (topical): Fashion Synonyms: gaudy Derived forms: garishly, garishness Translations (overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste): ярък (jarǎk) (Bulgarian), крещящ (kreštjašt) (Bulgarian), показен (pokazen) (Bulgarian), wansmakelijk (Dutch), schreeuwlelijk (Dutch), räikeä (Finnish), criard (French), tape-à-l’œil (French), voyant [masculine] (French), მყვირალა (mq̇virala) (Georgian), თვალშისაცემი (tvalšisacemi) (Georgian), grell (German), protzig (German), auffallend (German), aufdringlich (German), knallig (German), knallbunt (German), schreiend bunt (German), χτυπητός (chtypitós) (Greek), φανταχτερός (fantachterós) (Greek), κακόγουστος (kakógoustos) [masculine] (Greek), भड़कीला (bhaṛkīlā) (Hindi), भड़कदार (bhaṛakdār) (Hindi), शोख़ (śox) (Hindi), चटकीला (caṭkīlā) (Hindi), feltűnő (Hungarian), rikító (Hungarian), ízléstelen (Hungarian), hivalkodó (Hungarian), csicsás (Hungarian), scéiniúil (Irish), pacchiano (Italian), appariscente (Italian), vistoso [masculine] (Italian), chiassoso [masculine] (Italian), sgargiante (Italian), јарк (jark) (Macedonian), дре́члив (dréčliv) (Macedonian), jaskrawy [masculine] (Polish), krzykliwy [masculine] (Polish), garrido [masculine] (Portuguese), bătător la ochi (Romanian), ţipător (Romanian), strident (Romanian), крича́щий (kričáščij) (Russian), показно́й (pokaznój) (Russian), gárrido (Spanish), chillón (Spanish), vistoso (Spanish), colorinche (Lat. Am.) (Spanish), charro (Spanish), estrambótico (Spanish), estrafalario (Spanish), hortera [Spain] (Spanish), gräll (Swedish), skrikig (Swedish), cafcaflı (Turkish)
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          "text": "\"My tastes,\" he said, still smiling, \"incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.\" And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: \"I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…].\"",
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          "text": "On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.",
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          "text": "Leela: He gave me mechanical ears / Effective though just a bit garish.",
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          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "criard"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mq̇virala",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "მყვირალა"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
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          "roman": "chtypitós",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhaṛkīlā",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "भड़कीला"
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "bhaṛakdār",
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          "word": "भड़कदार"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śox",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "शोख़"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "caṭkīlā",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "चटकीला"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "feltűnő"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "rikító"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "ízléstelen"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "hivalkodó"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "csicsás"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "scéiniúil"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "pacchiano"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "appariscente"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
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          "word": "vistoso"
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          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
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          "word": "jaskrawy"
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          "word": "krzykliwy"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "garrido"
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          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "bătător la ochi"
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          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "strident"
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          "word": "крича́щий"
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          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
          "word": "chillón"
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          "word": "gräll"
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          "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
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        "4": "*gʰow-rós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gaw"
      },
      "expansion": "English gaw",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, from *gʰew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more garish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most garish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "garish (comparative more garish, superlative most garish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "en:Fashion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"My tastes,\" he said, still smiling, \"incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.\" And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: \"I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…].\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:",
          "text": "On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 August 10, Ken Keeler, “The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings”, in Futurama, season 5, episode 16 (television production), Fox Broadcasting Company:",
          "text": "Leela: He gave me mechanical ears / Effective though just a bit garish.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 57:",
          "text": "She also said that Thameslink trains were deliberately garish, so as to lure drivers stuck on the M1, which runs alongside the line around Radlett.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ostentatious",
          "ostentatious"
        ],
        [
          "colourful",
          "colourful"
        ],
        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gaudy"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jarǎk",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "ярък"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kreštjašt",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "крещящ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokazen",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "показен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "wansmakelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "schreeuwlelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "räikeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "criard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "tape-à-l’œil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mq̇virala",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "მყვირალა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tvalšisacemi",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "თვალშისაცემი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "grell"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "protzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "auffallend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "aufdringlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "knallig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "knallbunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "schreiend bunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chtypitós",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "χτυπητός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fantachterós",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "φανταχτερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakógoustos",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κακόγουστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhaṛkīlā",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "भड़कीला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhaṛakdār",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "भड़कदार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śox",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "शोख़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "caṭkīlā",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "चटकीला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "feltűnő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "rikító"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "ízléstelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "hivalkodó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "csicsás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "scéiniúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "pacchiano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "appariscente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vistoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiassoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "sgargiante"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "jark",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "јарк"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dréčliv",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "дре́члив"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jaskrawy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krzykliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garrido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "bătător la ochi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "ţipător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "strident"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kričáščij",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "крича́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokaznój",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "показно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "gárrido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "chillón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "vistoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "colorinche (Lat. Am.)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "charro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "estrambótico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "estrafalario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hortera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "gräll"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "skrikig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste",
      "word": "cafcaflı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "garish"
}

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