unfortunate tendency

collocation in English

meaningsofunfortunateandtendency

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unfortunate
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/us
/ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/
unlucky or having ...
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tendency
noun[C]
uk
/ˈten.dən.si/us
/ˈten.dən.si/
If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or ...
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(Definition ofunfortunateandtendencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunfortunate tendency

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Such sloppy thinking has anunfortunatetendencyto creep into clinical ethics.
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Because the symptoms are less dramatic, anunfortunatetendencyexists to defer the definitive repair in these patients.
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Generative linguistics leaves open how directly the f-rules are involved in processing, but, as suggested above, theunfortunatetendencyamong linguists has been not to care.
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At the same time, criticisms of various approaches to the teaching of creativity should not be automatically labelled as anti-progressive or worse, anunfortunatetendencyin our politically correct era.
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There is an unhappy andunfortunatetendencyto slow down the change of ownership of land.
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There was a certain andunfortunatetendencyto make use of particular figures.
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That is anunfortunatetendencythat has been felt in spheres other than the milk industry.
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That is why we have thisunfortunatetendency.
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That is anunfortunatetendencyand an even more unfortunate precedent.
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There seems to be anunfortunatetendencysometimes not to use those words.
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That would be anunfortunatetendency.
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There is anunfortunatetendencyin the remarks of some who comment on the accidents to concentrate on the loss of equipment, not on the tragic loss of life.
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Effective monitoring and control of aid is necessary in that country in order to put a stop to thisunfortunatetendency.
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For years past there has been a growing andunfortunatetendencyto dye sheep for the purpose of shows.
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There is anunfortunatetendencyfor too cosy a relationship to develop with their major and in many cases only customer.
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I nearly always agree with him, except that he has anunfortunatetendencyto regard the consumer as more important than the farmer.
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There has been anunfortunatetendencyto give longer sentences that do not have a deterrent effect and do not allow for rehabilitation or reform.
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It seems to me that there is anunfortunatetendencynowadays to assume that because a house is old it is necessarily bad.
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He has anunfortunatetendency, presumably the result of his unregenerate past, of always attacking former comrades when he speaks in order to show his objectivity.
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But there is anunfortunatetendencynow to believe that, because possible closure is being considered by local management, that course is inevitable.
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