aberrant behaviour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaberrantandbehaviour
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aberrant
adjective
uk/əˈber.ənt/us/əˈber.ənt/
different from what is typical or usual, especially in an ...
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behaviour
noun
uk/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/us/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofaberrantandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In both groups over-eating was associated with moreaberrantbehaviour.
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They found some sharing of memories among participants but, contrary to expectations, an increase ofaberrantbehaviour.
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The unexpected increase inaberrantbehaviourreported in study 10 could have resulted from the highly-structured picture and sentence stimuli that provided very little room for spontaneous reactions.
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That often gives rise to severelyaberrantbehaviouragainst himself, herself or others.
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Those authorities are all intended to work together, and we would hope that they could pick up suchaberrantbehaviourrather earlier.
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That is not to be seen asaberrantbehaviour.
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This is of particular importance at a time when the exchange markets are dominated by theaberrantbehaviourof the dollar.
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That vitally affects the reputation of our country for dealing effectively withaberrantbehaviourby companies.
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The monitoring certainly should pick upaberrantbehaviourand the personal appraisals should provide opportunities to spot possible danger, but they should always be constructive.
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Hodas derided the tissue practice asaberrantbehaviour, saying that engineers usually fear comb filtering and its associated cancellation effects.
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