painful consequence

collocation in English

meaningsofpainfulandconsequence

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painful
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/us
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/
causing emotional or ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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(Definition ofpainfulandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is thepainfulconsequenceof painful national circumstances in which many legitimate and high hopes have had to be postponed.
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It is an empirical fact that a person may continue to pursue bad habits even after experiencing their painful consequences.
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At this point, it is important to acknowledge the often regrettable or painful consequences of our decision, along with the expected benefits.
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All these things are being won at a price including, for millions of our people, the painful consequences of industrial change and readjustment.
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The report considers the painful consequences for small and medium-sized farms to be a success.
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Instead of telling us about the wonderful benefits of reducing taxes, they should explain the painful consequences of what people may have to buy.
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For the island itself it will have obvious and painful consequences.
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Many have encountered the painful consequences of contracting markets, low commodity export prices, high oil import prices, record interest rates and mounting debt repayments.
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You do not need a piece of steel inserted into your backbone, which will have other painful consequences.
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The hypocritical pronouncements about institutionalising passenger rights simply 'cloak' the painful consequences of liberalisation for railway workers and passengers.
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Was he talking about the painful consequences of reducing our commitments worldwide and thus abandoning our global role?
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It is only by having a strategic defence review, with the painful consequences, that that problem can be addressed.
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These fundamental changes in policy decisions are always painful and always involve painful consequences.
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The workers now understand from bitter experience the painful consequences that the charge by monopoly business groups into road transport will have on their lives.
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We know that those painful consequences would be cuts in defence, cuts in the numbers of our armed services and cuts for our defence industry.
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It has been installed in more advanced democracies than ours with no painful consequences.
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They hoped that there was an escape hatch down which they could go so as not to face the painful consequences.
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We must not, therefore, exaggerate the general impact on the economy, despite the particularly noticeable and socially painful consequences for certain specific sectors.
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After all the fine pronouncements, it is time for decisions and for binding regulations, even if these sometimes entail announcing painful consequences.
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It is impossible to have defence savings without painful consequences in human and employment terms.
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