specific grievance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandgrievance
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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grievance
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɡriː.vəns/us/ˈɡriː.vəns/
a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been ...
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(Definition ofspecificandgrievancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I hope that speedy measures will be taken to tackle thespecificgrievancethat those farmers brought to us today.
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In my view it will do nothing but good to rectify thisspecificgrievancenow.
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It is an attitude of mind based on no onespecificgrievance.
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I will use it to raise aspecificgrievance.
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I am sure that they are the last people to hold back from writing about anyspecificgrievanceor complaint if they felt like doing so.
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Although they had a representative on the union's executive board, they nevertheless felt that the union was not adequately representing and defending their specific grievances.
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Broken promises of development roused specific grievances and provided a ready vocabulary for those angry with the regime.
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The committee of three is not competent to examine evidence in regard to the specific grievances of minorities or to recommend means of redressing them.
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We are able to deal with specific grievances such as unequal pay for women by using the law.
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We have certain specific grievances.
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This document combined the presentation of specific grievances with wider demands for constitutional change on the basis of popular sovereignty.
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