unpleasant task

collocation in English

meaningsofunpleasantandtask

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unpleasant
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈplez.ənt/us
/ʌnˈplez.ənt/
not enjoyable ...
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task
noun
uk
/tɑːsk/us
/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofunpleasantandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They also reported several successful coping strategies, including studying, getting theunpleasanttask over with, deep breathing, and positive self-talk.
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She is out of the competition for a veryunpleasanttask.
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It will be a difficult andunpleasanttask.
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Whatever the improvements which have taken place in working conditions, mining still remains anunpleasanttask.
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In particular, they have had this veryunpleasanttaskof cutting down their staff.
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I had a veryunpleasanttaskat that time-one which brought upon me great unpopularity.
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Someone will have theunpleasanttaskof telling them that they cannot be employed.
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I have a ratherunpleasanttaskwith which to conclude.
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Will the person who performs thisunpleasanttaskbe paid?
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It is a difficult task we are undertaking, it is anunpleasanttask.
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I do him the credit of imagining that he has found it a thoroughlyunpleasanttask.
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It must have been a veryunpleasanttaskfor them with their highly trained legal mind.
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I know that it is a ratherunpleasanttaskbecause it means facing disagreeable facts.
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Unfortunately, this involved sorting by hand, anunpleasanttask, and today an almost impossibly expensive operation.
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Occasionally, he may have thatunpleasanttaskto do, but to maintain him permanently as a second row policeman is neither economical nor the reasonable thing to do.
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What a veryunpleasanttaskthey had!
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That involves a great deal of manual labour, and it is anunpleasanttaskin many respects.
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That was anunpleasanttask.
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We have not got to that position at the present time, and we shall postpone thatunpleasanttaskas long as we can.
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In others —the majority—there are no showers for officers returning from someunpleasanttaskor indeed after having spent hours on patrol in driving rain.
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