unnecessary danger
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunnecessaryanddanger
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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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danger
noun
uk/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryanddangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have pointed out that they are exposing them tounnecessarydangerand depriving them of a normal education.
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How long do hundreds of thousands of people have to travel inunnecessarydanger?
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That created a situation in which they placed themselves inunnecessarydanger.
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In that way, much of the difficulty and much of theunnecessarydangerto the public can be cut out.
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Obviously we will want to be sure that there is nounnecessarydangerwhich would prejudice the figures on which our calculations have been made.
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So a balance must be struck between their continued availability and ensuring that those who purchase and use fireworks are not exposed tounnecessarydanger.
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Tell them just what the danger is and the best way to go about avoidingunnecessarydanger.
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They are intended to increase the safety of toys on the market, and most importantly, to eliminate theunnecessarydangertoys can represent for children playing with them.
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That is a real danger, anunnecessarydanger, that ought to be mentioned—no one wishes for it—but it is a danger that is there, and it has to be faced.
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Quiteunnecessarydangerand congestion is caused when buses discharge or embark their passengers well out from the roadway or alternatively when they pull out steeply when going ahead.
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We shall walk those routes together, and they can judge for themselves whether it is irresponsible to suggest that young children should be put into suchunnecessarydanger.
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Interim analysis is important in medical trials, to ensure that the patients are not exposed tounnecessarydangerduring the trial.
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It stressed that speedy action was needed to protect its clients from irreparable andunnecessarydanger.
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They claimed that family preservationists misinterpreted the idea of reasonable efforts to reuniting families as reuniting at all costs, claiming they put children inunnecessarydanger.
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Does this not require very careful attention from the point of view of not putting our airmen and sailors into unnecessary dangers?
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There is, however, a need to protect younger children from the consequences of spontaneous ragging and to avoid putting any unnecessary dangers in their way.
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Are they not every day being exposed to unnecessary dangers?
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