unpleasant condition

collocation in English

meaningsofunpleasantandcondition

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unpleasant
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈplez.ənt/us
/ʌnˈplez.ənt/
not enjoyable ...
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condition
noun
uk
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofunpleasantandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Asbestosis is not a bag of laughs in any circumstances: it is an extremelyunpleasantcondition.
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Anyone who has had whooping cough, or has seen whooping cough, knows what a veryunpleasantconditionit is, to say the least.
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In the morning she would find it, putting it mildly, in anunpleasantcondition.
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I can only describe them as being in a veryunpleasantcondition.
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Crohn's disease is an extremelyunpleasantcondition, which is not terribly common but common enough for those who suffer from it.
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Industries and corporations have been discharging their effluent into our rivers in a mostunpleasantcondition.
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Undoubtedly it is possible through bad management of a motor omnibus to damage the road and sometimes leave it in a veryunpleasantcondition.
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Military diving is an arduous and potentially dangerous activity often carried out in unpleasant conditions.
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He has already spent 28 months in prison under very unpleasant conditions, with serious consequences for his physical and mental health.
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It is not easy to recruit good prison officers when they have to work in such unpleasant conditions.
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Owing to overcrowding and obsolescent buildings the majority of prisoners are already contained in highly unpleasant conditions.
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The squadron operates much of the time in very unpleasant conditions.
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A certain amount of the discomfort and the unpleasant conditions were brought upon those being held in custody by themselves.
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We must also remember that unpleasant prison conditions can mean unpleasant conditions for prison officers as well as for prisoners.
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If she suffers from unpleasant conditions of labour, is she not equally impoverished and weakened by these conditions?
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I did try to show that when calves are being fed for veal there is no reason why it should be under unpleasant conditions.
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It is well documented that meat quality is affected when animals are transported in unpleasant conditions, a case in which animal welfare and commercial interests are overlapping.
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I also wish to express our appreciation of the work of those involved in the clean-up operation who are often working in exposed and unpleasant conditions.
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This is particularly marked during the evening peak hour period when there are long queues of people waiting in unpleasant conditions for the buses or trolley-buses.
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What is more distressing than seeing those people turned out from their accommodation in the middle of the day to fend for themselves in cold and unpleasant conditions?
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