unnecessary pain

collocation in English

meaningsofunnecessaryandpain

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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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pain
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪn/us
/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Inspections by my veterinary staff of units where piglets are reared in batteries or cages have not revealedunnecessarypainor distress.
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Our view is that this proposal would involve unnecessary expense and causeunnecessarypainand suffering for those who have to attend the inquiries.
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I think the reason for this regret is that we increasingly feel responsible for sustaining life and avoidingunnecessarypain.
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Failure to do this properly could give rise to a prosecution for causingunnecessarypainor distress.
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It is a disgrace to the nation that such a vast amount ofunnecessarypainshould be allowed to continue.
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The relevant offence is the causing ofunnecessarypainor unnecessary distress, and it is only if that exists that the codes become legally relevant.
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Sometimes for patients, the hours of waiting can negate the benefits of treatment and causeunnecessarypainand distress.
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That set out, as an offence, the causing ofunnecessarypainor distress to animals.
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But if it isunnecessarypain, it is undiluted cruelty.
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Do not let us damage the industry and cause quiteunnecessarypainand anxiety by exaggerating difficulties which undoubtedly exist.
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In a few words, the purpose is simply to protect adopting parents fromunnecessarypain.
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We already have legislation which makes it an offence to causeunnecessarypainor distress to farm livestock.
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Section 1 makes it an offence to cause, or knowingly to allow, livestock on agricultural land to sufferunnecessarypainor unnecessary distress.
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They also investigate any reports ofunnecessarypainor distress and give advice as necessary.
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Most were found to be satisfactory but 704 inspections—about 11 per cent—found cases ofunnecessarypainand unnecessary distress.
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On only about 15 of those premises were some of the sheep considered to be sufferingunnecessarypainor distress.
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No compassionate person in his senses would want to causeunnecessarypainor discomfort to any animal through an objectionable or frivolous experiment.
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The ethical definition must be that cruelty consists of causingunnecessarypain.
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But who is to decide what is necessary and what isunnecessarypain?
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Clause 1 will make it an offence to causeunnecessarypainor unnecessary distress to livestock and provides exemptions for research.
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