Vocabulary
Austerity
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
Sternness; severity of manner
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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When decision-makers fail to appreciate the value of education, it is the children who ultimately bear the consequences.At the same time, austerity appears selective and is not applied to government expenditures.
Dawn Editorials —
Education last
— 2026-04-09
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What the government has offered since are ad hoc austerity measures and conservation campaigns necessary, but narrow and unsustainable.
Dawn Editorials —
Energy crisis as catalyst
— 2026-04-09
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The announcement of not consenting to an additional hike in oil prices at the time, came in the wake of previously announced, lukewarm austerity measures.
Dawn Editorials —
Austerity delusion
— 2026-04-06
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Often, to placate the IMF, the same set of austerity measures has been repeatedly recycled over the past several years only to be cast aside with remarkable haste.
Dawn Editorials —
Austerity delusion
— 2026-04-06
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The following proposals outline what Pakistan could undertake if it is genuinely committed to austerity to advance equity and protectall citizens` well-being.Begin by reducing the size of our hugely bloated and inefficient government.
Dawn Editorials —
Austerity delusion
— 2026-04-06
Synonyms
coldness, gravity
Antonyms
luxuriousness, elaborateness
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