unforeseeable consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunforeseeableandconsequence
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unforeseeable
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/us/ˌʌn.fɔːrˈsiː.ə.bəl/
An unforeseeable event or situation is one that cannot be known about or guessed before ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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It implies living and reflecting the experience of the epic world view, with the unintended and hence to some degree unforeseeable consequences of our actions.
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I focus on the principle of indifference, which tells us to treat unforeseeable consequences as cancelling each other out, and hence valueneutral.
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Perhaps all he meant to say was that we are not responsible for the unforeseeable consequences.
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I think the free market is over, and it has left behind a crisis of unforeseeable consequences for humankind.
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We would then certainly be entering a crisis with unforeseeable consequences.
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The main part of my case rests on the arbitrary and unforeseeable consequences of exclusion in 1946.
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Violence could break out at any moment as the political crisis goes on, with unforeseeable consequences for the country and its people.
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The amendment would create a distinction between the foreseeable and unforeseeable consequences of legal operations.
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However, every new superficial movement will result in a new domino effect with unforeseeable consequences.
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With food stocks at a critically low level there is a real threat of a food crisis with unforeseeable consequences.
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It is an unhealthy state of affairs with unforeseeable consequences.
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If we are to take the possibility of armed conflict with unforeseeable consequences, then we need to decide what it is that is at stake.
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When one is talking about remote and unforeseeable consequences, it is difficult to provide any mathematical or scientific basis.
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My main objective in drafting this statement was to warn against carrying matters to excess, and the unforeseeable consequences thereof, but without wishing to compromise the principle of family unity.
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This process is of vast importance, and will have unforeseeable consequences that will require time.
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However, this could have had any number of unforeseeable consequences, especially amidst the rise of communism.
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On the other hand, there was deep concern about the possibility of the spread of riots, which would have fragmented the country again, with unforeseeable consequences.
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