genuine grievance

collocation in English

meaningsofgenuineandgrievance

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genuine
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/us
/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/
If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears ...
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grievance
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɡriː.vəns/us
/ˈɡriː.vəns/
a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been ...
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(Definition ofgenuineandgrievancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgenuine grievance

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There is no doubt that administrative problems have causedgenuinegrievanceand aggravated the concerns of many people.
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The skill of government is the ability to differentiate between special pleading, which is undertaken for its own sake, and agenuinegrievance.
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I think it is a verygenuinegrievance, and one which could be removed without a very great loss.
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I believe that the petition reflects agenuinegrievance, and it has my fullest support.
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There is agenuinegrievancethat these cases are not receiving the full sympathetic consideration to which they are entitled.
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There is undoubtedly one case where friction has arisen and where there is agenuinegrievance.
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Unfortunately, the employers are willing to discuss everything but the basic rate, the onegenuinegrievance.
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I believe that in that situation the members would have agenuinegrievance.
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If that is so, then the citizen has agenuinegrievancewhich should be tackled.
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Will he now intervene personally because, by comparison with the pilots of other airlines, the pilots have agenuinegrievancewhich should be met?
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How can we answer the complaints of those constituents who have agenuinegrievanceand who demand action from the public authorities?
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That was agenuinegrievanceof the agricultural community.
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There is in my division a very real andgenuinegrievancein the matter of this differentiation in the amount of payments made.
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That is agenuinegrievanceheld especially by those in the antiques trade.
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That clogs up the system for those who have agenuinegrievance.
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A system of no win, no fee sounds mightily attractive to somebody with agenuinegrievancebut no money and no legal aid.
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If they have agenuinegrievance, is it not right that this should be ascertained without delay?
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An officer with agenuinegrievanceneed not in my opinion be deterred by the consideration suggested from making such an appeal.
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There is agenuinegrievancein this connection.
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The threat of fines will not deter men and women in highly charged working environments when they feel that they have agenuinegrievance.
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