cruel

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɹuː(ə)l/

Verb

transitive Australia New-Zealand intransitive

(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) / (Australia, transitive, intransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.

Japanese Meaning

（主にオーストラリア、ニュージーランド）成功の機会などを台無しにする / （オーストラリア、他動詞・自動詞）子供を、より積極的にさせるために暴力的に刺激する

What is this buttons?

Don't cruel your chances by showing up unprepared to the interview.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

準備不足で面接に来ると、自分のチャンスを台無しにしてしまいますよ。

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Sense（1）

(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)

What cruelled him was that Imperial Hotel contract.

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Sense（2）

(Australia, transitive, intransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.

Violence is apparently introduced early by the practice of "cruelling": children even in their first months are physically punished and then encouraged to seek retribution by punishing the punisher.

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cruels

（ present singular third-person ）

cruelling

（ participle present ）

cruelled

（ participle past ）

cruelled

（ past ）

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