perverse consequences
collocation in Englishmeaningsofperverseandconsequence
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perverse
adjective
uk/pəˈvɜːs/us/pɚˈvɝːs/
strange and not what most people would expect ...
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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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It went on to give a number of cogent reasons for that apparentlyperverseconsequence.
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In my constituency some people in need have lost places as an unintended andperverseconsequenceof working families tax credit.
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Moreover, because they ignore this possibility, market-based reforms may have perverse consequences.
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These transformations of public services have produced some paradoxical perverse consequences.
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By far its greatest contribution lies in the many examples it provides of the perverse consequences of economic sanctions.
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Seemingly arcane changes in the tax laws may have unanticipated and perverse consequences.
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Leaving aside the human rights issues, such orders can have perverse consequences.
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I do not dissent for a second from the view that people should report instances of perverse consequences of a target system.
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There are, however, perverse consequences of using scarcity indicators, which may count a long and sweeping driveway as a measure of deprivation.
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Had fiscal measures rather than monetary measures been used to address the problem, those perverse consequences would have been avoided.
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My second point is that the history of social policy tells us that well-meaning intentions often give rise to unexpected and, indeed, perverse consequences.
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The effect of using monetary policy by increasing interest rates to address that problem brings about two perverse consequences.
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It would have a number of perverse consequences.
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All sorts of perverse consequences result from what we have been advised is a perfectly safe and proper procedure.
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We believe that an unqualified application of these provisions could lead to perverse consequences.
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There will be perverse consequences as people find ways through and around the new rules.
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This is not merely disturbing to me but, as we have heard, it leads to some perverse consequences.
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I leave aside for the moment whether other perverse consequences would have occurred.
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That has thrown up two important problems, the first of which relates to the substantial practical difficulties, including bureaucracy and the perverse consequences of such measures.
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There will be some extremely perverse consequences.
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