grievous error
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrievousanderror
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grievous
adjective
uk/ˈɡriː.vəs/us/ˈɡriː.vəs/
having very serious effects or causing ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈer.ər/us/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofgrievousanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In that case, prima facie, there is somegrievouserrorin the handling of the enlistment process on one side or the other.
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I think this would be agrievouserror.
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I think that that is agrievouserror.
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I must tell them that they make agrievouserror.
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I also thought it was agrievouserrorto have only two generators because it put them in a very powerful bargaining position.
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He committed agrievouserrorof judgment, but has behaved honourably in his resignation.
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The local police had certainly taken helpful action, yet the grinding wheels of official incompetence had produced yet anothergrievouserror.
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In my view, they committed agrievouserrorthat led to a fatality.
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In my view it would be agrievouserrorof statesmanship.
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That legislation was agrievouserror, because it removed the rights of our unemployed constituents.
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It is very late in the day, but not too late to admit thisgrievouserrorand get back on the right course.
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I believe this to be agrievouserror.
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I believe that it would be agrievouserrorto identify the uproar so far caused by clause 23 as a purely denominational uproar.
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Surely this system should be looked into if it can make such agrievouserror.
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We should be making agrievouserrorin assuming that conditions in agriculture and industry are what they were 50 or 60 years ago.
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Those two young men committed agrievouserror.
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Surprisingly, he pardons the adulterers, recognizing that he is more to blame than they, and dies of sorrow over thegrievouserrorhe has committed.
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This is agrievouserror.
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It is perfectly clear that there are some grievous errors here.
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We absolutely must learn from these grievous errors and the devaluations they have caused.
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