pernicious effect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofperniciousandeffect
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pernicious
adjective
uk/pəˈnɪʃ.əs/us/pɚˈnɪʃ.əs/
having a very harmful effect ...
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effect
noun
uk/ɪˈfekt/us/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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Indeed, the mostperniciouseffectof realist prescriptions is that they contribute to other states' desires for relative gains, thereby reducing the potential for the deliberate construction of political order.
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If coiffeurs could control access to and commerce within their trade, they reasoned, they could blunt theperniciouseffectof the market and prop up prices and wages.
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Public choice theorists see this as a particularlyperniciouseffectof bureaucratic structures, emphasising that it leads to excessive government spending and inefficient allocation of public resources.
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This can only have aperniciouseffecton the future of the industry.
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That has a profoundlyperniciouseffecton the whole body politic.
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The clause will have the mostperniciouseffectupon the most deprived families.
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On the contrary, it will have a largelyperniciouseffect.
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However, the lack of transparency and regulation in the derivatives markets had an extremelyperniciouseffecton the financial crisis.
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Here we see anotherperniciouseffectof nationalisation.
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For example, many people are rightly concerned about theperniciouseffectof violent videos falling into children's hands.
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The culture of saving has been undermined by the problems affecting pension funds, but above all by theperniciouseffectof means testing.
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My interest primarily revolves around theperniciouseffectof some regulations on employment and competitiveness.
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He preached me a sermon upon theperniciouseffectof doles.
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This is aperniciouseffectwhich insurers are familiar with.
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As you know, credit insurance is much harder to obtain in the current climate, and this is having a direct,perniciouseffecton exports.
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This situation has aperniciouseffecton our football’s social function.
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Inflation exercises itsperniciouseffecton all features of our national life.
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That seems to be anotherperniciouseffectof a two-tier system of rating.
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Fear of crime, as we all know, can have aperniciouseffecton people's confidence and their quality of life.
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