human interference

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandinterference

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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interference
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈfɪə.rəns/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈfɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone tries to interfere in ...
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(Definition ofhumanandinterferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhuman interference

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In moral contexts we encounter them whenever the agent lacks control, whatever the reason -humaninterference, metaphysical necessity, divine intervention, or the like.
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Nonetheless, it had the unintended benefit of creating conservation areas where wildlife can flourish withouthumaninterference.
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Some remote sites, less subject tohumaninterference, were also included to represent the conditions within the sugar fields.
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We are, however, not yet able to determine very well the sensitivity of the climate system tohumaninterference.
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By the 1930s, an international consensus emphasized that wilderness should be territorialized and guarded againsthumaninterference.
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We hopefully have learned the lesson that the global environment responds slowly tohumaninterference and serious changes may be on the way for quite some time without being discovered.
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The word "contravention" must implyhumaninterference.
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The convention recognises the need for a co-ordinated global response to tackle the threat of dangeroushumaninterferencewith the climate system of our planet.
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The convention's ultimate objective is to achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangeroushumaninterferencewith the climate system.
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Humaninterferencein nature worries me greatly, and it is still happening.
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The scale of the phenomenon points to an enormous waste of resources and serious damage to biodiversity caused by irresponsiblehumaninterference.
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It may be true thathumaninterferencehas grown in such ways as to diminish the value of that discovery of nature.
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Their continued existence requires additional protection fromhumaninterference.
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Can we ignore the danger ofhumaninterferencewith the most profoundly fundamental of all natural processes?
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Subsequent checks by telephone engineers revealed that it was out of order because of an electrical fault due to storm damage: nohumaninterferencein its operation was evident.
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As climate changes andhumaninterferencecontinue to cause land degradation, how will governments and land owners respond to the ever-changing condition of their lands?
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The reefs are also unaffected by mass tourism and diving or other large scalehumaninterference.
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This way of looking at wilderness includes areas within which natural processes operate without very noticeablehumaninterference.
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If a cuspate foreland has formed from deposition, it may be vulnerable ifhumaninterferencealters the transport of sediments from the shoreline.
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