real scandal
Frequency: 6.07.5 per million words
Used to emphasize the true or most serious aspect of a scandalous situation.
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- The real scandal is that nothing has been done to make sure it doesn't happen again.
- The real scandal is the amount of taxpayer money wasted on this project.
- It is a real scandal that so many elderly people are left alone.
- The real scandal of our time is the growing gap between rich and poor.
- Illiteracy rates in the region constitute a real scandal.
- The lack of basic medical supplies is the real scandal here.
- Reporters missed the point; the real scandal was happening behind closed doors.
- Polluting the river without consequence is a real scandal.
- The real scandal lies in the government's indifference to the crisis.
- Throwing away perfectly good food is a real scandal when people are starving.