undesirable characteristic

collocation in English

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undesirable
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.dɪˈzaɪə.rə.bəl/us
/ˌʌn.dɪˈzaɪr.ə.bəl/
not wanted, approved of, ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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Besides giving a plant a characteristic which is considered desirable, transferring a gene may also produce anundesirablecharacteristic.
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But it also shared anundesirablecharacteristicwith sign-magnitude the ability to represent negative zero (0).
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This may be anundesirablecharacteristicfor some clustering applications.
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Theundesirablecharacteristiccomplicates the design of power electronics for use with ultracapacitors.
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Furthermore, the assumption that the children who are more difficult to place due to undesirable characteristics remain in institutions longer may not be accurate.
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Parents might also restrict the adolescent's activities with a certain disliked peer by making outspoken remarks on the peer's undesirable characteristics or habits, such as smoking or yelling.
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Its undesirable characteristics cannot be eliminated and in most cases its harmful effects cannot be cured even by filters on television sets.
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It has particularly undesirable characteristics.
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We must not allow food with undesirable characteristics, food which is too sweet, too fat or too salty, to put on a cloak of good health.
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This projection, according to the argument, is manifested in the form of attribution of undesirable characteristics of the self to the conspirators.
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While the resulting ships featured excellent protection and unprecedented airwing size, they also had several undesirable characteristics.
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These lines have low loss, but also have undesirable characteristics.
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It states that not only do minorities possess undesirable characteristics incongruent with the majority, but also that minorities are also responsible for them.
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This involves occasionally removing people with undesirable characteristics, in the effort to breed a better human.
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This is done either to reinforce or exaggerate certain desirable characteristics, or, to remove undesirable characteristics from the group.
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The geometry has some undesirable characteristics that need careful management, such as returnability from full lock when parking.
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These characters were assigned undesirable characteristics having nothing to do with their political opinions, such as being romantically involved with a main character's love interest.
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Roguing is particularly important when growing seed crops to prevent plants with undesirable characteristics from propagating into subsequent generations.
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Many definitions of stigma do not include this aspect, however these authors believe that this loss occurs inherently as individuals are labeled, set apart, and linked to undesirable characteristics.
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They have few undesirable characteristics.
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