lawful but awful
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Example Sentences
- "For example, consider the “lawful but awful” shootings plaguing black communities across the country. If public safety requires a police force that is given carte blanche to brutalize its citizens, the government should have to state so on the record and defend its reasoning."
- "“Lawful but awful happens when you have some kind of situation where the officer feared for their life,” he [Chuck Wexler] said."