terrible mistake

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleandmistake

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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mistake
noun[C]
uk
/mɪˈsteɪk/us
/mɪˈsteɪk/
an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or ...
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(Definition ofterribleandmistakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To reject this possibility is aterriblemistake.
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However, in the old-fashioned curriculum, neither calculus nor analytic geometry was considered to be a precollege subject-aterriblemistake.
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It was aterriblemistaketo require that solar system mechanics look simple in a geocentric frame of reference.
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Now they are paying the penalty for thatterriblemistake.
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We must ensure that thatterriblemistakeis not repeated.
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To introduce these proposals now is aterriblemistake.
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It is aterriblemistake, in my view, merely to take the negative side.
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I presume that not many of them will, but if we do not, we will be making aterriblemistake.
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However, he made oneterriblemistakethis afternoon.
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That is aterriblemistake, because the philosophy behind the legislation should be examined carefully.
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I am one who believes that we are making aterriblemistakein underestimating the importance of coal.
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It made aterriblemistake, and we are debating that tonight.
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I think aterriblemistakehas been made.
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There has been no precedent for the office, and we must ensure that, in creating it, we do not make aterriblemistake.
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That would be aterriblemistakefor the interests of the country.
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It would be aterriblemistakeif we were to overlook the wider concept and the more general problem of these people.
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We make aterriblemistakeif we say that the industry's problems can be solved by productivity.
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I hope that we shall put right thisterriblemistakein time.
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We can only hope that, this time, they have not made aterriblemistake.
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