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Substitute Thing Desirable Features Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Substituting Made

query
If you say that one thing is no s_________ for another, you mean that it does not have certain desirable features that the other thing has, and is therefore unsatisfactory . If you say that there is no substitute for something, you mean that it is the only thing which is really satisfactory .If you say that one thing is no substitute for another, you mean that it does not have certain desirable features that the other thing has, and is therefore unsatisfactory . If you say that there is no substitute for something, you mean that it is the only thing which is really satisfactory .
The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker.
There is no substitute for practical experience.
word substitute
full-definition
verb
If you substitute one thing for another, or if one thing substitutes for another, it takes the place or performs the function of the other thing.
They were substituting violence for dialogue.
You could always substitute a low-fat soft cheese.
Would phone conversations substitute for cosy chats over lunch or in the pub after work?
He was substituting for the injured William Wales.
In my experience a straight substitution of carob for chocolate doesn't work.
Both Scotland and Northern Ireland had made last-minute substitutions.
noun
A substitute is something that you have or use instead of something else.
She is seeking a substitute for the very person whose departure made her cry.
...tests on humans to find a blood substitute made from animal blood.
If you say that one thing is no substitute for another, you mean that it does not have certain desirable features that the other thing has, and is therefore unsatisfactory . If you say that there is no substitute for something, you mean that it is the only thing which is really satisfactory .
The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker.
There is no substitute for practical experience.
In team games such as football, a substitute is a player who is brought into a match to replace another player.
Coming on as a substitute, he scored four crucial goals.
inflections substitutessubstitutingsubstitutedsubstitutionsubstitutions
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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