unfortunate precedent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunfortunateandprecedent
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unfortunate
adjective
uk/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/us/ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/
unlucky or having ...
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precedent
noun
uk/ˈpres.ɪ.dənt/us/ˈpres.ə.dent/
an action, situation, or decision that has already happened and can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed ...
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(Definition ofunfortunateandprecedentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is a veryunfortunateprecedentat these times, which are so important for the fate of the new multilateral trade round.
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It said that to erect a plaque in memory of the district nurse who had rendered service to the community would create "anunfortunateprecedent".
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No compensation is paid for such inspections and a provision for compensation in this process would set anunfortunateprecedent.
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I suggest that this is anunfortunateprecedent.
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Is this not rather anunfortunateprecedentfor the debate?
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We regard that as a veryunfortunateprecedentindeed.
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We believe that it creates anunfortunateprecedent.
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They have taken anunfortunateprecedentfrom an earlier page in history.
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I think that would be rather anunfortunateprecedentto create.
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If it makes sense to do so for any particular group without setting anunfortunateprecedent, then the regulations will be drafted accordingly.
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We hope that thisunfortunateprecedentwill not be repeated.
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However, all the doctors and the other non-elected members thought that it would create anunfortunateprecedent.
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If so, it is surely a mostunfortunateprecedent.
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It may be easy to do what seems to be neat and sensible on the day, but we could be creating anunfortunateprecedent.
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We say that this business of the governor-generalship creates a mostunfortunateprecedent.
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That is an unfortunate tendency and an even moreunfortunateprecedent.
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It was not very long before thatunfortunateprecedentwas followed.
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I warned the doctors that this action would set anunfortunateprecedent.
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It is a ratherunfortunateprecedentif, because a certain nation does not ratify a treaty, that treaty is to be abandoned.
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Last year, however, anunfortunateprecedentwas created.
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