hidden danger
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhiddenanddanger
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hidden
adjective[usually before noun]
uk/ˈhɪd.ən/us/ˈhɪd.ən/
not easy ...
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danger
noun
uk/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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(Definition ofhiddenanddangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Particularly in urban areas they can be thehiddendanger, especially when large vehicles are not on the roads.
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Thehiddendangeris that this apparently substantive definition will create uncertainty.
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We must streamline operations to increase competitiveness, but there can be ahiddendangerif we lose too many skilled operators through voluntary redundancies.
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If the public have access to a dock company's premises, then it is proper that the public should be warned of ahiddendanger.
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This pressure to increase so-called efficiency by decreasing unit costs is one which signals ahiddendanger.
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We are dealing here not only with a modest order on the supply of furniture but with ahiddendangerthat exists already in our homes.
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Standards are rising but there is an ever-increasinghiddendangeron our roads—the breed of vehicle now termed "cut and shut".
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But it conceals ahiddendangerin that people are being lulled by the warm weather, and coal merchants tell me that they are not ordering in the usual way.
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This is a new idea in this country, and, as is always the case with new ideas, there is thought to behiddendangerin it.
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Ravan overlook a thick tropical forest that may quickly become a deadly maze wherehiddendangerabounds.
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All in all, the choice to compare and contrast semantic minimalism with extreme contextualism has both its merits and its hidden dangers.
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However, there are hidden dangers in preserving the command-state system.
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The forest offers them cover, but also many hidden dangers.
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Medical technology will inevitably proliferate widely before the most appropriate uses and hidden dangers are uncovered.
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We must not allow hidden dangers to consumers to creep in unseen through the back door.
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Although "unwanted sound"—as it is described—is a factor, there are often hidden dangers and hazards for health and hearing.
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But are we to suggest that as regards education in the universities the clause contains some hidden dangers?
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They cannot make up their minds whether the hidden dangers through entering the gate are greater than the hidden dangers if they stay outside.
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These works collectively express the hidden dangers that come with the freedom of flight.
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Labyrinthine in their design, and often fraught with dead ends and hidden dangers, the detail in the drawing of these dungeons compensates for their relative lack of animation.
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