ridiculous amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofridiculousandamount
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ridiculous
adjective
uk/rɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/us/rɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/
stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofridiculousandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theridiculousamountof money being spent on public relations could be cut without affecting the provision of services.
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She said that it was aridiculousamountof money.
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If one allows for all types of margins of error, that is still aridiculousamount.
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That would abrogate all at once this ridiculous, outmoded and unjust concept of fixed compensation anyway and theridiculousamountof £10,000.
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Of course £15 a year would be aridiculousamountnow and the phrase, "an annual income not exceeding £1,000", is to be inserted by the amendment.
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In so doing people might settle for aridiculousamount.
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If a pensioner reads that advertisement he will be extremely angry, because it is aridiculousamountof money to offer to a person leaving school.
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Graduates earning that salary would be paying £5 a week towards their university education, and that is not aridiculousamountto ask anybody to pay at that time.
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This state of affairs may last for aridiculousamountof time, perhaps until a judgement is returned on the main issue, which may not be for two years.
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We cannot honestly hope that any industry can compete with these things' when new techniques and great rationalisation are necessary and aridiculousamountof money is taken in taxation.
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It is aridiculousamount.
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Theridiculousamountof content, large degree of variety and finely-tuned challenge will keep you glued to your mobile device's screen.
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This idea came from his desire to create an epic length series without requiring readers to buy aridiculousamountof books.
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Eminem began taking the drugs to feel normal, which involved taking aridiculousamount.....
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Curtis believes that bands should be able to create, and not have to invest aridiculousamountof money to do so.
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My sons have had cheques bounced for ridiculous amounts.
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Now that people have started to receive money, some have received ridiculous amounts.
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Many club secretaries find themselves being asked to do ridiculous amounts of secretarial work on behalf of the society and the burden is greatly resented.
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