unnecessary strain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunnecessaryandstrain
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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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strain
noun
uk/streɪn/us/streɪn/
a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Again, it seems to me a largelyunnecessarystrain.
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That is unpleasant for passengers and it putsunnecessarystrainon the rolling stock.
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In my view this procedure imposes uncertainty andunnecessarystrainon all the parties involved.
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It is submitting that administration to a quiteunnecessarystrainand suspicion.
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That, said the panel, imposed anunnecessarystrainon both police and detainees— including other detainees being held in police cells.
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That places a quiteunnecessarystrainon the fund.
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I am satisfied that the order is fulfilling its main purpose of stopping anunnecessarystrainon our reserves.
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Relations between the two countries have been put underunnecessarystrain.
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The objective is to prevent changes in exchange rates placing anunnecessarystrainon a company's resources.
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We believe, for instance, that to have a poll every five years would put anunnecessarystrainof uncertainty upon the boards.
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The main purpose is to preventunnecessarystrainof workers and to stimulate the use of modern machinery and equipment to do this work.
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They were not complaining, but the fact is that manning at this level imposes extra andunnecessarystrain.
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It puts anunnecessarystrainon young students.
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It is not good enough that the public should have to suffer inconvenience in this way; nor is it satisfactory that conductors and conductresses should have thisunnecessarystrain.
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They are exposed tounnecessarystrain; and it is no criticism of them that they are unable to contribute to our debates quite as effectively as perhaps one might hope.
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In places with no public transport a car is the only viable option and that createsunnecessarystrainon the roads and environment.
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Furthermore, the potential false positives or false negatives that may arise from a predictive genetic screen can cause substantialunnecessarystrainon the individual.
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Those proposals were widely welcomed as likely to meet the objective of protecting vulnerable areas without introducing unnecessary strains into the industry.
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But what concerns me most is that the bitterness and viciousness of the attacks create new strains, unnecessary strains, between civil servants and the public they serve.
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