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Word of the Day (debunk)-21MAY23

Word of the Day (debunk)-21MAY23

Today’s “Word of the Day” is debunk and it is a verb and its meaning is “to expose something (an idea/argument) as being false; discredit, disprove, invalidate, negate, refute, rebut, disconfirm, confute, prove to be false, challenge”.

Example Sentence: “A constitutionally entrenched and democratically elected government needs to have control over its administration. The administration comprises of several public officers, who are posted in the services of a particular government, irrespective of whether or not that government was involved in their recruitment,” Chief Justice Chandrachud, who wrote the 104-page judgment, debunked the Centre’s argument that it retained “administrative control” over officers deputed to the Delhi government.

This word is present in Delhi vs Centre row: SC holds Delhi government has control over administrative services and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Hindu

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