pessimistic outlook

collocation in English

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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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outlook
noun
uk
/ˈaʊt.lʊk/us
/ˈaʊt.lʊk/
the likely ...
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(Definition ofpessimisticandoutlookfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Drugs and crime provide a shield against the depressed,pessimisticoutlookthat many young people have today.
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I am not joining with those who procliam apessimisticoutlookfor this country.
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That is a ratherpessimisticoutlook, allowing for the fact that we have been doing rather better in the manufacturing sectors and exports.
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It depends on whether you have an optimistic orpessimisticoutlook.
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I hope that my somewhatpessimisticoutlookwill be proved wrong, and that this great experiment will indeed be a success.
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It has reported the mostpessimisticoutlookfor nearly two years.
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That is perhaps a ratherpessimisticoutlook; but it is difficult to get a new hotel to pay.
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It is useful to consider these schemes, not with apessimisticoutlook, but by concentrating on the methods to be employed.
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As he said, it is no good scratching about for particular statistics to try to demonstrate apessimisticoutlook.
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That, in my opinion, is to take a verypessimisticoutlookof our affairs.
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Let us get rid of this gloomy andpessimisticoutlooktowards the coal industry.
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Theirpessimisticoutlookis deplorable.
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I do not share thatpessimisticoutlook.
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I do not share thepessimisticoutlookwith regard to the ultimate trade prospects of this country, if this country and other countries would only behave sanely.
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He has insomnia, and often worries about the future, generally having apessimisticoutlookon his captivity.
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Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak andpessimisticoutlook.
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A low number in this index indicates a prevailing optimistic or confident investor outlook for the future, while a high number indicates apessimisticoutlook.
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These were noted by theirpessimisticoutlookand lack of interest in politics in the narrower sense.
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