undesirable behaviour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofundesirableandbehaviour
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undesirable
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.dɪˈzaɪə.rə.bəl/us/ˌʌn.dɪˈzaɪr.ə.bəl/
not wanted, approved of, ...
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behaviour
noun
uk/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/us/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofundesirableandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Or was it a third party that interfered accidentally or by design with the agent which caused thisundesirablebehaviour?
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They get their ideas from the mass media, which often highlight the moreundesirablebehaviourof young people.
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This encouragesundesirablebehaviourwhereby irresponsible entrepreneurs relocate their economic activity to countries where criminal sanctions for offences are less severe.
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This encouragesundesirablebehaviourwhereby irresponsible entrepreneurs relocate their economic activity to countries where criminal sanctions for offences against the environment are less severe.
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It is highlyundesirablebehaviour, which is bound to call into question whether one can issue reports in this way.
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Teenagers are even more at risk becauseundesirablebehaviourshown on the screen becomes tolerated and accepted as a norm.
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It might give rise toundesirablebehaviouron the part of people acting in some way as vigilantes.
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There is no doubt that a lower-grade civil servant stands much greater risk of being bundled out for unsuitability orundesirablebehaviourthan does a member of the administrative class.
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It is the only place where they will have any sense of right and wrong or of desirable andundesirablebehaviouror be given any sense of morality and immorality.
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To avoid thisundesirablebehaviour, the editor may choose to use a non-breaking space between 100 and km.
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In the areas adjacent to the library there were problems associated with youth drinking and graffiti, and otherundesirablebehaviour.
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The law that is already in place covers a wide range of definable undesirable behaviours.
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