unnecessary conflict
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunnecessaryandconflict
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unnecessary
adjective
uk/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I hope that disposals by the agency will not lead tounnecessaryconflictover land use.
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The advantage of a common ownership scheme is that it ties together the dedication of people in such a way thatunnecessaryconflictis avoided.
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We must have machinery to try to avoid misunderstanding and to cut downunnecessaryconflictin industry.
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We are all most anxious that there shall be nounnecessaryconflictbetween good planning and housing development.
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Naturally, attitudes so generated promote a degree of reaction and sounnecessaryconflictensues which can, and does, become both menacing and unnecessary.
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I think that any other way would make for conflict, andunnecessaryconflict.
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If we can get the right result withoutunnecessaryconflict, so much the better.
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They would give rise tounnecessaryconflictbetween consumers, retailers and manufacturers.
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Those powers could lead tounnecessaryconflictand possibly to ill feeling, even to aggro, in the farming and landowning community.
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If our changes to unitary authority are introduced, that sort ofunnecessaryconflictshould disappear.
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I hope that that situation can be clarified, because, as it stands, it could lead tounnecessaryconflictand confrontation.
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However, that does not mean that it will avoidunnecessaryconflictwith national and local planning policies and objections.
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The first is where the divorce process has generatedunnecessaryconflictbetween the spouses.
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There seems to be anunnecessaryconflictentering into this debate.
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Were we to do so, we could find ourselves inunnecessaryconflictthat could lead to protracted court cases in which children are set against their parents.
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I hope that the new informal arrangements to prevent and resolve disputes will ensure that an amicable solution that is acceptable to all sides is reached quickly withoutunnecessaryconflict.
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It is therefore necessary to mobilise the relevant international institutions locally, in order to prevent the spread ofunnecessaryconflictand trauma to the civilian population.
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I feel that there is a certainunnecessaryconflictand possibly waste of money at the moment in the way some of these camps are being run.
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Our primary concern will be to determine whether detailed proposals will improve the conduct of our industrial relations, or disrupt existing arrangements, and so causeunnecessaryconflict.
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After years ofunnecessaryconflictand technological advancement in weaponry, both sides eagerly stumbled into peace to avoid extinction.
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