severe setback

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereandsetback

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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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 ofsevereandsetbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will be a mostseveresetbackto all that this country can achieve in science and learning.
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It is now recovering from theseveresetbackof the seamen's strike.
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Will he agree with me that the proposal represents aseveresetbackfor the idea of parliamentary accountability?
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On the basis of his performance this afternoon, it would have been entirely merited that his career prospects should have suffered aseveresetback.
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Confidence and trust between the landlord and tenant, slightly frayed at the edges, has now received aseveresetback.
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The effect of the fiasco on our status will be worldwide, and the philosophical cause of freedom has had aseveresetback.
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It has come as a veryseveresetbackto those employed in the industry.
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That will stop and will be aseveresetbackfor the squads.
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There was aseveresetbackin 1997 to the proceedings of the committee charged with the rewrite.
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That has been aseveresetbackbecause patronage had increased following electrification of the line.
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There is no doubt that from the time of the cease-fire we have suffered a veryseveresetback.
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These great schemes have suffered aseveresetback, and many of the people involved have not only lost their homes but their livelihoods as well.
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If the carry-over motion is defeated, the metro project will suffer aseveresetback.
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Our plans suffered aseveresetbackwith his untimely death.
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In my view, the £10 reduction for each calf is aseveresetbackto the growing confidence of the industry.
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But the foot-and-mouth outbreaks have been a veryseveresetbackto the livestock sector of the industry.
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Is not that aseveresetbackto persuading more motorists to do something about improving air quality?
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That will be aseveresetbackfor our motor and components industry.
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The smallness of the rise which the dairy farmers are to receive is aseveresetbackto them, because milk is the most expensive commodity of all in labour costs.
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