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look down upon





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She explains that from her perspective, the solution to AI slop isn't to ban it or "look down upon AI tools," but to "prioritise and value our creative health more than generating endless content".

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

It's something you feel good about, and you don't talk about it with other people because you feel like they won't understand or that they might look down upon it.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022

I think I see beauty in both disciplines, and sometimes the engineers from the two disciplines hate each other or look down upon each other.

From The Verge ● Nov. 9, 2021

It is a perch from where it can look down upon the third-place club, Liverpool F.C., whose owner, John Henry, is better known on American shores for owning the Red Sox.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2018

It said: To look down upon; to view with contempt; to scorn or disdain.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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