gloomy prospect

collocation in English

meaningsofgloomyandprospect

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gloomy
adjective
uk
/ˈɡluː.mi/us
/ˈɡluː.mi/
unhappy and ...
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prospect
noun
uk
/ˈprɒs.pekt/us
/ˈprɑː.spekt/
the possibility that something good might happen in ...
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(Definition ofgloomyandprospectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I also do not think that the only future for museums that do want to become more popular is a 'gloomyprospectof complete commodification'.
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The consequence of the necessity to attract a maximal number of visitors for economic survival is thegloomyprospectof a complete commodification of the museums central exhibits.
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It is agloomyprospectin hoping that we shall keep in this country this large source of invisible revenue.
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As the mining of such minerals declined, the miners were faced with thegloomyprospectof leaving their homes for employment elsewhere.
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It seems to me that our energy prospects are the one bright spot in an otherwise rathergloomyprospectfacing this country.
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It is a prettygloomyprospectfor industry, and particularly for the railways.
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There is agloomyprospectbefore mankind if we do not get a cease-fire very shortly.
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That is a prettygloomyprospecton the horizon.
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I do not believe that the public are yet sufficiently aware of the verygloomyprospectahead of us.
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But we would also say that a challenge should be within one's reach otherwise it introduces agloomyprospect.
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I am afraid that this is a verygloomyprospectfor the next ten or fifteen years.
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How did the change take place between thegloomyprospectof 1944 and the encouraging one we see in 1968?
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And it is a verygloomyprospectin the long-term as well as the short-term.
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It is, indeed, agloomyprospectfor the future.
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That is a verygloomyprospectand local authorities are very anxious to receive some assurance on that particular point.
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I think that is a verygloomyprospect.
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If that is the sort of problem we are to have in the future, it is agloomyprospect.
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All the indications are that there is a verygloomyprospectfor ratepayers when they receive their demands next year.
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