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dismissive, ignore, neglect

Auslan SignbankDictionarydismissive

In English: humour someone, pay lip service to someone

Statussigned english from Australasian Signed English From Auslan Signbank · #lexis.signed-english Where it’s usedeverywhere used across Australia From Find Sign · #everywhere Western Australia used in Western Australia From Find Sign · #wa Northern Territory used in the Northern Territory From Find Sign · #nt South Australia used in South Australia From Find Sign · #sa Queensland used in Queensland From Find Sign · #qld New South Wales used in New South Wales From Find Sign · #nsw ACT used in the Australian Capital Territory From Find Sign · #act Victoria used in Victoria From Find Sign · #vic Tasmania used in Tasmania From Find Sign · #tas Formtranslucent the link to its meaning is clear once known From Auslan Signbank · #iconicity.translucent orientating sign From Auslan Signbank · #morph.orientating-sign dominant hand only made with the dominant hand only From Auslan Signbank · #phonology.dominant-hand-only two handed made with both hands From Auslan Signbank · #phonology.two-handed
As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To pay no real attention to what someone is saying or doing and to attach no importance to it. English = (be) dismissive, ignore, neglect. 2. To appear to pay attention to someone or to say you agree or approve when in fact you do not just in order to please them or to avoid a confrontation. English = humour someone. Idiomatic English = pay lip service to someone. Interactive: 1. Used alone in response to something your conversational partner has said to appear to agree (when really you either don't agree or don't care one way or the other) or to actually mean "Yes... but so what?", "Yes, of course that's true..." and so on.