unpopular decision
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunpopularanddecision
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unpopular
adjective
uk/ʌnˈpɒp.jə.lər/us/ʌnˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
not liked by ...
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decision
noun
uk/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofunpopularanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I had to take a veryunpopulardecision.
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We had to take thatunpopulardecisionourselves.
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It was a courageous, unpleasant andunpopulardecisionto have taken.
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I am proud that it is anunpopulardecisionfor our party.
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They are anunpopulardecisionto be taken.
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This will be an extremelyunpopulardecision, causing a great deal of ill-feeling.
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That was anunpopulardecisionthat will form the basis for sound economic recovery.
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It will be anunpopulardecisionwith the local authorities in those other areas, who will be very annoyed.
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This has always been the view of the party opposite when anunpopulardecisionhas to be made.
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Having forced through anunpopulardecision, how does one realise it despite opposition?
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This was bound to be a veryunpopulardecisionfor anybody to take.
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I would put it in another way: they have never taken anunpopulardecisionin their lives.
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Quite obviously, one can see what would happen if such a person gave anunpopulardecision.
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To avoid taking anunpopulardecisionnow is just to avoid the inevitable.
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This is an unpleasant andunpopulardecision, and it is very hard on the young men who have just been caught on the wrong side of the dividing line.
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So far as the building trade generally was concerned, this acceptance of the temporary housing programme was, to a great extent, anunpopulardecision, but it was taken.
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It must be remembered that in all matters of defence it is hard to come to any decision— especially anunpopulardecision— before actual hostilities break out.
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If a council makes anunpopulardecision, then the electors will make it quite clear to them in the 1981 county council election what they think about it.
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To balance theunpopulardecision, he also pardoned some of the insurgents convicted of guerrilla attacks in the 1970s.
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As the story (fact mixed with some fiction) goes, the fight ended with an extremelyunpopulardecision.
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