sensitive nature

collocation in English

meaningsofsensitiveandnature

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sensitive
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.sɪ.tɪv/us
/ˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/
easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition ofsensitiveandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsensitive nature

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Or they would pull me out onto my balcony to whisper anything of asensitivenature.
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The report also contains information of a securitysensitivenature.
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It is also often of a verysensitivenature.
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Only in the presence of others does hersensitivenatureabsorb their musical colour - and, we should assume, their criminal inclinations (pp. 165-7).
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Bearing in mind thesensitivenatureof this topic, thoughtful preparation of such questions is necessary if respondent co-operation is to be obtained.
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Nevertheless, international assistance to democratic political parties remains inhibited by the highly politically intrusive andsensitivenatureof such an endeavour.
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This absence no doubt reflects a gap in the historiography, and the much toosensitivenatureof the condition of minorities during the war.
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Arguably, it is likely due to the politicallysensitivenatureof the exercise, practical time, resources constraints, and problems relating to evaluation designs (3;6;37;85).
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This system, because of its essentiallysensitivenatureand the need for full ideological conformity, must be free from every kind of unhealthy relation and connection.
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This had no bearing in this study as it had been decided not to send reminders to nonrespondents because of thesensitivenatureof the study.
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Matters relating to official and national secrets are of a highlysensitivenature.
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I am not of asensitivenature, but, boy, the noise is atrocious.
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The personal data which will be processed and stored are of a highlysensitivenature.
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He and others have pointed out thesensitivenatureof this problem.
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Much of the relevant information is of asensitivenatureand cannot be disclosed.
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Where data are classified or of a commerciallysensitivenaturethis had been omitted.
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This raises problems which the instructions to officials admit are of "asensitivenature".
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Information may not easily be volunteered about the subject, due to itssensitivenature.
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Particular items of structure lost in this incident were not of a highlysensitivenature.
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Thesensitivenatureof his duties can only have added to the personal stress involved.
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That applies, for example, to the issues surrounding documents of asensitivenature.
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