unfortunate incident
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunfortunateandincident
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unfortunate
adjective
uk/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/us/ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/
unlucky or having ...
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incident
noun
uk/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/us/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/
an event that is either unpleasant ...
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(Definition ofunfortunateandincidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Would it be right to drag up thisunfortunateincidentwhich may have happened years ago?
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I agree that it is a mostunfortunateincident.
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I think is a ratherunfortunateincident.
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However, hundreds of widows do not receive the benefits that they should receive, because someunfortunateincidenthas occurred that deprives them.
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But this is, obviously, rather anunfortunateincidentand no doubt we are ourselves to blame to a considerable degree.
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I came across that more than once in some parts of the country where anunfortunateincidentof that kind had occurred.
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There has been theunfortunateincidentwhich has just occurred.
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I think the austerity suit has been anunfortunateincident.
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A good deal of concern was caused in my constituency because of theunfortunateincidentconnected with it, which gave it much publicity.
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Until the full report has been received and studied it is not possible to say precisely what was the cause of thisunfortunateincident.
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This mostunfortunateincidentresulted from an error in setting out the boreholes.
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They have not necessarily changed as a result of this specificunfortunateincident, but they have changed.
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I agree entirely with her that this was a very regrettable andunfortunateincident, but it was an accident, not an inevitable and predictable event.
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I am aware of thatunfortunateincident.
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Thisunfortunateincidentproves yet again that the environment has no borders.
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I must also say that thisunfortunateincidenthas regrettably shown the length of time which it takes for the medical services to arrive.
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That was an extremelyunfortunateincident.
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I hope that something better will come out of this than we have had yet in thisunfortunateincident.
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How can the public have confidence in those who sell pensions until this wholeunfortunateincidentis put behind us?
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I might add that we do not expect a recrudescence of theunfortunateincidentto which reference was made in the debate yesterday morning.
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