awkward position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofawkwardandposition
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awkward
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.kwəd/us/ˈɑː.kwɚd/
difficult to use, do, or ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofawkwardandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofawkward position
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Many adjudicators appreciate theirawkwardposition.
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His priesthood put him in anawkwardposition.
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Medievalists, too, may find themselves in anawkwardpositionteaching such a course.
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How might a "complex access, easy selection" model avoid thisawkwardposition?
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Some of the clients reported, however, that asking aiders to do extra could put them in anawkwardposition.
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We are in a slightlyawkwardposition.
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He is in a veryawkwardposition.
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I am now in anawkwardposition.
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That puts us in anawkwardposition.
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They have got into anawkwardposition.
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I feel in rather anawkwardposition.
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He is in rather anawkwardposition.
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I am in anawkwardposition.
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Surely that could create anawkwardposition.
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I find myself in anawkwardposition.
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I am, therefore, in a ratherawkwardposition.
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We find ourselves in a ratherawkwardposition.
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We are once again in thatawkwardposition.
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Last year showed anawkwardpositionin exports.
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Those people will be placed in a veryawkwardposition.
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Is this not an odd, inefficient andawkwardposition?
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It is a veryawkwardpositionfor them.
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It is putting him in anawkwardposition.
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We are really in a veryawkwardposition.
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I am in a veryawkwardpositionabout it.
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