justifiable fear
collocation in Englishmeaningsofjustifiableandfear
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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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fear
noun[C or U]
uk/fɪər/us/fɪr/
an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or ...
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(Definition ofjustifiableandfearfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is a genuine andjustifiablefearamong growers.
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I do not think that this is ajustifiablefear.
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I can't help feeling that this was ajustifiablefear, so long as the industry were working flat out.
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I hope that those measures will go some way towards allaying the public'sjustifiablefearabout these matters.
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That fuelled an entirelyjustifiablefearin the public mind that there was some risk.
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That is not ajustifiablefear, because the chairmen of such organisations do not make all the decisions.
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I decided that the easiest way to respond to thatjustifiablefearwas to remove lines 18 and 19.
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It is not only ajustifiablefearabout the economic consequences of a war which isolates and disrupts.
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It is clear that there would be littlejustifiablefearof inflation were we to relax the controls just a little more.
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That is ajustifiablefear.
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Even if an arrest is imminent the reporter says if there is any doubt it should be left out, because of hisjustifiablefearof the consequences.
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The issue is not confined to our care for the quality of the present environment but extends to ajustifiablefearof irreversible deterioration in the future.
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That is a veryjustifiablefear.
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Would he not agree that the figure he has just given explains why so many old people have ajustifiablefearof what they term a pauper's funeral?
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Privatisation is raising justifiable fears in my constituency.
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Allowing the system to be kept under constant review will go some way towards allaying the very justifiable fears which have been generated.
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This has given rise to justifiable fears about the trading prospects of the poor countries.
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Also, the resident population has great fears, and justifiable fears, for its own material interests.
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They have very justifiable fears that her intention is to nationalise them.
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