source of irritation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandirritation
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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irritation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌɪr.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪr.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
the feeling of being angry or annoyed, or something that makes you feel ...
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(Definition ofsourceandirritationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These last items were a particularsourceofirritationto authorities, since modish garments made of foreign fabrics disrupted economic as well as social norms.
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Packaging only plays a minor, albeit visible, role in the environmental problem and is asourceofirritationto many people.
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It is asourceofirritationto many people and should be dealt with.
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On the other hand, it could become asourceofirritationand frustration if it is not administered wisely.
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This question in another aspect has been a constantsourceofirritationboth in the last war and in this war.
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However, that provision has been asourceofirritationin cases where parents are capable of looking after the best interests of a child.
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This made sense at the time it was introduced, but is now not generally understood, and has become increasingly asourceofirritationand frustration.
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Another constantsourceofirritationcould be removed if the admission procedure at hospitals were improved.
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This is asourceofirritationand grievance and there is uncertainty about their position without these contracts.
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It is asourceofirritationto a workman, taking him away from his home.
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It is a constantsourceofirritation.
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It is a sensible amendment, and one which, if enacted, will save work and remove a slightsourceofirritationto cinema exhibitors.
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Differential duties have been a fruitfulsourceofirritation, injustice, and alienation in the past.
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It is asourceofirritation.
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A general interpretation would clear up asourceofirritationamongst the travelling public, particularly in the summer.
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The noise there has been a majorsourceofirritationto my constituents for many years.
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Local government is not the onlysourceofirritationto industry and business.
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I hope that particularsourceofirritationwill very soon be removed.
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I accept that quite often they can he asourceofirritationto highway authorities, since laybys get damaged or littered.
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