major setback
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandsetback
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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setback
noun[C]
uk/ˈset.bæk/us/ˈset.bæk/
something that happens that delays or prevents a process ...
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(Definition ofmajorandsetbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The firstmajorsetbackoccurred on the western front.
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This is amajorsetbackon the road of transition.
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That is a cause of great human suffering and amajorsetbackto development.
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Opposition parties regarded that as amajorsetbackto their own progress towards democracy.
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Thirdly, it represents amajorsetbackfor food production.
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It is that that great idea has suffered amajorsetback.
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Any problem is amajorsetbackto public confidence.
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For those of us who believe in active democracy, what has happened has been amajorsetback.
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It would be amajorsetbackfor quality control on public transport.
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The coal strike was of course amajorsetback.
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I am dismayed that there seems to have been amajorsetbackafter all the hard work that went into trying to make progress.
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It would constitute amajorsetbackin rebuilding confidence and the diversity and strength of the region's economy.
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But we are seen abroad to have suffered amajorsetbackin two recent highly publicised instances—in the settlements granted to the miners and to the railway men.
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It was anothermajorsetbackfor us.
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I believe that it is within the grasp of the great powers now, and a failure to gain it would be amajorsetbackto the cause of peace.
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It has expressed the view to me frequently that the disadvantage implicit in the proposed change in corporation tax will be amajorsetbackto it.
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The restriction of the internet in the inmates daily lives would constitute amajorsetbackin their daily functionings.
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Journalists and scholars called the festival a dismal failure, amajorsetback, a disastrous rally, a great disappointment, and a depressing show unnoticed by most.
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However, the 1989 season was amajorsetback, with injuries depleting the squad and leading to a fifth-place finish.
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