political embarrassment

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandembarrassment

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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embarrassment
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪmˈbær.əs.mənt/us
/ɪmˈber.əs.mənt/
the feeling of being embarrassed, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandembarrassmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpolitical embarrassment

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Stragglers might be of somepoliticalembarrassmentbut are not a threat to legitimacy.
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It turned down the inspectors' request, first, because of thepoliticalembarrassmentthat it knew that nuisances and investigators like me would cause.
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It is a military and financial burden, and causes us considerable internationalpoliticalembarrassment.
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It looks as if the block has been imposed to avoidpoliticalembarrassmentat home.
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He merely wanted to ask it again today because he thought it would causepoliticalembarrassment.
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We found the country a prey to every conceivable sort of corruption andpoliticalembarrassment.
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It is not so much that secrecy is about national security; it is often aboutpoliticalembarrassment.
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After all, there is morepoliticalembarrassmentin breaches of security than in difficulties of access to religious or educational facilities.
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Do not omit information sought merely because disclosure could lead topoliticalembarrassmentor administrative inconvenience.
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I am sorry if this caused you any personal orpoliticalembarrassment.
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What is done in part with an eye on political bonus becomes an acutepoliticalembarrassment.
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It has now been alleged that that decision was to do withpoliticalembarrassment.
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Is it damage to national security, or is itpoliticalembarrassment?
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Mistakes over here can possibly causepoliticalembarrassment.
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There should be nopoliticalembarrassmentin giving taxpayers' support to that process.
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The figures are more than just apoliticalembarrassment.
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If it is weak it will be militarily useless and apoliticalembarrassment.
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Had that not much more to do withpoliticalembarrassment, and not much to do with national security?
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It was quite clear through the evidence that right from the beginning the question ofpoliticalembarrassmentwas admitted.
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I refer to an element ofpoliticalembarrassment.
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