selvforskyldt

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Danish

Adjective

selvforskyldt

  1. (of something undesirable) one's own fault; brought about by personal actions
    • 2007, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Jesper Ryberg, Født og forbliver lige og frie?: Om diskrimination og etik, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 140:
      Hertil er der kun at sige, at skal selvforskyldt sygdom nedprioriteres, må det selvfølgelig ske konsekvent og omfatte alle typer af selvforskyldt sygdom.
      The only thing to add to this is that if self-inflicted disease is to be down-prioritized, it must of course happen consistently and apply to all types of self-inflicted disease.
    • 2000, Merete Bøge Pedersen, Den reglementerede prostitution i København fra 1874-1906: en undersøgelse af prostitutionsmiljøet og de prostitueredes livsvilkår, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 142:
      Løsgængeriparagrafferne fik da følgende ordlyd: §198 “Når en arbejdsfør person som følge af vanemæssig lediggang, der må anses for selvforskyldt, falder det offentlige til byrde, forsømmer sin forsørgelsespligt mod nogen som herved udsættes for nød, eller ikke udreder ham påhvilende bidrag til hustru eller barn, skal der af politiet tildeles ham advarsel og så vidt muligt anvises ham arbejde.
      The laws on idling were then worded as follows: §198 "When a person able to work becomes a burden to the public, neglects his duty to provide for anyone who is hereby exposed to need, or fails to provide mandated support towards his wife or child, as a consequence of habitual idleness that must be seen as his own fault, he must be given a warning from the police and, as far as is possible, given a job
    • 2014, Knud Vilby, Udsat! Optegnelser om liv & nød, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Man kan nogle gange diskutere, om fattigdom også er selvforskyldt eller alene skabt af udefrakommende årsager, ...
      Sometimes one may discuss if poverty is also one's own fault or solely created by external reasons, ...