unfortunate effect

collocation in English

meaningsofunfortunateandeffect

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unfortunate
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/us
/ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/
unlucky or having ...
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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofunfortunateandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anunfortunateeffectof this is to marginalise the religious content of blasphemy and its counter cultural tendencies.
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In this particular context, an else-paraphrase would have theunfortunateeffectof misrepresenting the intended number, which calls for a focus on plurality of persons.
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Oneunfortunateeffectis that many archaeological sites with no likelihood of producing saleable finds are badly damaged by keen but disorganized amateur excavators working clandestinely.
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It has theunfortunateeffectof downgrading the confidence which people may have in the social workers.
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There will be anunfortunateeffecton the production of iron ore, cement, bricks, tiles, pipes and pottery.
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The attempt to delude the working classes into the idea that these taxes fall exclusively on the rich will have anotherunfortunateeffect.
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I suggest that the lack of encouragement and finance for pupils to stay on in the sixth form has anunfortunateeffect.
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I feel it would be a grave mistake, and it would have anunfortunateeffecton the content of the second stage legislation.
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There is oneunfortunateeffectof the increase in excise duty on beer, wine, spirits and tobacco about which little has been said.
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This clear and harsh application of race prejudice and a colour bar has had a permanent and a mostunfortunateeffect.
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The litter associated with these houses and their general atmosphere can have a mostunfortunateeffecton neighbouring properties.
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That is a legitimate worry, and the local authorities appreciate that devolution might have thatunfortunateeffect.
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I believe that this procedure of the secret debate is having a mostunfortunateeffectin the country.
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I believe this shortage of paper is having a mostunfortunateeffectupon journalists.
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I understand that this provision has a particularlyunfortunateeffectin the case of improvement rentcharges resulting from loans for improvements made for agricultural purposes.
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That is having a veryunfortunateeffecton many marriages.
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I think that this would have anunfortunateeffecton the relationship between the assembly and the mayor, even if it was never used.
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Some politicians have sought to exploit the issue of asylum in a way that has had anunfortunateeffecton wider race relations.
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But that has theunfortunateeffectof not helping parents who have an income too low for them to make a parental contribution.
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However, will he, when looking at theunfortunateeffectof this rule, undertake to ensure that it is made retrospective to cases currently under consideration?
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