justifiable concern

collocation in English

meaningsofjustifiableandconcern

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justifiable
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪ.ə.bəl/us
/ˈdʒʌs.tə.faɪ.ə.bəl/
If something is justifiable, there is a good reason ...
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concern
noun
uk
/kənˈsɜːn/us
/kənˈsɝːn/
a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofjustifiableandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofjustifiable concern

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After all, he hadjustifiableconcernthat his fundamental support constituency could be threatened by any wholesale democratic reforms that a future administration might pursue.
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Crimes by elderly people still represent a minute proportion of all known crimes but that proportion is increasing and there isjustifiableconcernabout the increasing numbers of older prisoners.
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There isjustifiableconcernacross the whole spectrum of academia and elsewhere about insuring academic freedom so that it cannot be tampered with.
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There is a natural andjustifiableconcernamong the tenants about the presence of asbestos and what will happen about its removal.
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There has beenjustifiableconcernabout the threat of gas building up or leachate pollution at completed landfill sites.
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There is widespread andjustifiableconcern, and we must hope that all nations will now resolve to find a solution to this problem.
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I do believe that we have gone as far as we can to meet the quite natural andjustifiableconcernof parents.
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There isjustifiableconcernabout the impact of the community charge upon them.
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A number of parish councils wrote to me in the summer expressingjustifiableconcernabout straw burning.
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If that were likely to happen, there would indeed bejustifiableconcern.
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There is real andjustifiableconcernabout group violence, including so-called football fans who frighten peaceful citizens inside and outside the football grounds.
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There is ajustifiableconcernabout how we achieve it and the pace of the change.
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Widespread andjustifiableconcernwas expressed at what had happened in that case.
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The danger is that ajustifiableconcernin some cases turns into a 'moral panic' that is wilfully disproportionate to the extent of the problem.
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One-nation politics is not an expression of sentiment or ofjustifiableconcernfor the less well-off.
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Violence against children and the increase in aggression among children are grounds forjustifiableconcern.
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It: will also allay thejustifiableconcernamong all in the country who care about the welfare of animals.
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But if we contrast what happens in another place with what happens here, we have ground forjustifiableconcern.
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There isjustifiableconcernthat entirely new facts or defences could be raised at trial and, as it is described, the prosecution ambushed.
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There isjustifiableconcernabout the possibility of induction taking place for administrative convenience.
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