terrifying prospect

collocation in English

meaningsofterrifyingandprospect

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terrifying
adjective
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/ˈter.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈter.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/
very ...
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prospect
noun
uk
/ˈprɒs.pekt/us
/ˈprɑː.spekt/
the possibility that something good might happen in ...
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(Definition ofterrifyingandprospectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The uncertainty of those awards—the fact that they can be backdated — is aterrifyingprospectfor the small employer who has limited capital.
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They certainly do not feel that they should face theterrifyingprospectof being branded criminals.
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This is at the heart of theterrifyingprospectfor unemployment.
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There is the possibility of intercontinental poaching, which is aterrifyingprospect.
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This is aterrifyingprospectto emerge from this most important debate.
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That is, to me, a positivelyterrifyingprospect.
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Being locked up for up to seven days must be aterrifyingprospectfor any individual, particularly an innocent person.
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If preferred policies are carried through, that adds up to aterrifyingprospectfor our national economy in a relatively short time.
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Yes, it is aterrifyingprospectfor those who have to buy food in this country.
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That is aterrifyingprospect, having a potential outcome for vast parts of our community.
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No amount of unilateral disarmament talk, whether it is sincere or otherwise, will have the slightest effect on thatterrifyingprospect.
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I say it is aterrifyingprospect, when you have people making statements like that, that nothing should be done.
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That is aterrifyingprospectwith which to be faced.
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With digital television on the horizon, that is indeed aterrifyingprospect.
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It is aterrifyingprospectfor the rest of us if the disease should develop in that way here.
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The mostterrifyingprospectis of people getting behind the wheel of a car when not in a fit state and causing accidents and deaths.
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That would be aterrifyingprospect.
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For those people struggling to work despite a disability or an illness, as mentioned earlier, which they know will eventually incapacitate them, it is a reallyterrifyingprospect.
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For many years—this may still be the case—large numbers of publicans said that losing their licence was the mostterrifyingprospectbecause they would also lose their livelihood.
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That is aterrifyingprospect.
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