hostile environment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhostileandenvironment
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hostile
adjective
uk/ˈhɒs.taɪl/us/ˈhɑː.stəl/
unfriendly and not ...
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environment
noun
uk/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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On the other hand, the deep-water ecosystem is a morehostileenvironment, with fewer fish species presumably susceptible to transport larval stages of the nematodes.
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Importantly, these biases appear automatic, unconscious, and unintentional, thus creating a subtlyhostileenvironmentto out-groups that eludes rational decisionmaking.
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The massive number of goblet cells, hyperplasia and accumulation of eosinophils and numerous stimulated lymphoid nodules suggested that ahostileenvironmentawaited the incoming larva.
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This suggests that, despite inhabiting thehostileenvironmentof the bloodstream these protozoan parasites successfully evade the host immune response, leading to chronic infections.
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The architecture for autonomous navigation must cope with the exigencies imposed by the challenging andhostileenvironment.
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But ahostileenvironmentoutside an entrepreneur's control is indeed an actual or potential inhibitor of the success of the enterprise.
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This obviously creates an even morehostileenvironmentfor original thinkers working in music composition.
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The meeting was attacked by local inhabitants, demonstrating thehostileenvironmentwith which sectaries had to contend.
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Upon release, supplementation with antiparasitic drugs ceases and stress increases from handling and exposure to an unknown and potentiallyhostileenvironment.
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This deeply ingrained system has created ahostileenvironmentfor a rational-legal tax administration and the collection of revenue.
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In the case of ahostileenvironmentand over-population, then our intuition is that population will fall.
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It was familiar territory for the insurgents but an extremelyhostileenvironmentfor the government troops.
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The end result is the construction of a new habitat which can sustain the parasite in ahostileenvironment.
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They introduced the idea of patients' rights into ahostileenvironmentof the healthcare industry where patienthood was seen as a privilege.
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The culture of the modern hospital has actually caused the institution to be ahostileenvironmentfor prompt and effective pain assessment and pain management.
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Well, it may be to some, but when accompanied by tenure, it allowed considerable protection to me in ahostileenvironment.
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This feature would be of particular advantage to trichuroid eggs in which development and embryogenesis follow expulsion from the host into a potentiallyhostileenvironment.
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It is probably true to say that such a dwelling would place almost impossible demands on any conceivable lifestyle other than one restricted for basic survival in ahostileenvironment.
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However, when the evacuation of a neighbourhood was unavoidable, the working class lacked the support mechanisms of the local community and were subjected to a morehostileenvironment.
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