unenviable position

collocation in English

meaningsofunenviableandposition

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unenviable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈen.vi.ə.bəl/us
/ʌnˈen.vi.ə.bəl/
An unenviable duty or necessary action is unpleasant ...
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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 ofunenviableandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He recognizes that most decisions are reached in an economic environment that places government in anunenviableposition.
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In contrast, abstract avant-garde artists found themselves in anunenviableposition.
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Hudson was in anunenviableposition.
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That is theunenviablepositionwhich forms the background to any debate on housing today.
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Those who had no such canteen found themselves in a ratherunenviablepositionby comparison with those who did.
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It places the employee in anunenviableposition.
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Many women—and sometimes men—are left in anunenviablepositionbecause the opposite partner in the marriage has left, has disappeared and cannot be found again.
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This has put our police forces in anunenviableposition.
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I cannot believe that this country would be in other than a mostunenviableposition.
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However, he is now in theunenviablepositionof having to decide, with his colleagues, the proper course to adopt.
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It is a veryunenviablepositionand to that extent my speculations may appear rather unfair.
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There are one or two localities which occupy theunenviablepositionevery year of being the highest rated in the country.
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She was obviously in a veryunenviableposition.
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A veryunenviablepositionit is for them.
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With all those attributes to commend it, our country is in a veryunenviableposition.
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If we dismantle the headquarters and accept a position on the perimeter defences, we shall surely be placed in a weak andunenviableposition.
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The auditor would moreover be placed in theunenviablepositionof having to decide whether a criticism was significant.
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It has put many back benchers in anunenviableposition.
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There are two ways of exacerbating thisunenviableposition, and there is one way of improving it.
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In every case they are going to be in anunenviableposition, whatever happens in the next few years.
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