pessimistic forecast
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpessimisticandforecast
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pessimistic
adjective
uk/ˌpes.ɪˈmɪs.tɪk/us/ˌpes.əˈmɪs.tɪk/
thinking that bad things are more likely to happen or emphasizing the bad part of ...
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forecast
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɔː.kɑːst/us/ˈfɔːr.kæst/
a statement of what is judged likely to happen in the future, especially in connection with a particular situation, or the expected ...
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(Definition ofpessimisticandforecastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That was a verypessimisticforecastbut, unfortunately, some of those features reflect what we have lived through in the past three years.
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There is a similar ratherpessimisticforecastabout commercial vehicle exports.
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Even on apessimisticforecastof aircraft sales, there is still great optimism that the project will be a commercial success.
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We are right to reject anypessimisticforecastto the contrary.
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I should like to say here and now that it has exceeded my somewhatpessimisticforecast.
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When it was launched, the company thought that it would sell some 400 aircraft by 1985 and that this might turn out to be apessimisticforecast.
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Has that somewhatpessimisticforecastbeen justified.
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I do not share hispessimisticforecast.
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There is a certain psychological pleasure when your pessimistic forecasts are in actual fact realized.
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The most pessimistic forecasts suggest a figure in excess of 2 million by the end of the year.
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The most pessimistic forecasts estimate until about the year 2000, while the more optimistic predict another 20 years on—until, say, 2020.
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Let us look at the alternatives we have facing us if my pessimistic forecasts are true.
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One must point out that there are other much more pessimistic forecasts of what it will be.
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Originally there were about 10 years difference between the most optimistic and the most pessimistic forecasts.
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We obviously tabled it a few days ago, and unfortunately yesterday's events proved us right beyond our most pessimistic forecasts.
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In my opinion, the result is favourable on the whole: the adopted text gives us good cause for hope after the pessimistic forecasts beforehand.
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This trend may continue for the next three years, even if some of the least pessimistic forecasts for the economy prove to be correct.
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However, the truth is that the situation is even more negative than the most pessimistic forecasts.
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I think we should be a little careful about these pessimistic forecasts.
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He continues to give pessimistic forecasts of the public sector borrowing requirement.
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