unprecedented situation

collocation in English

meaningsofunprecedentedandsituation

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unprecedented
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈpres.ɪ.den.tɪd/us
/ʌnˈpres.ə.den.t̬ɪd/
never having happened or existed in ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofunprecedentedandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet the country stands at a crossroads, for the falling birthrate means it faces anunprecedentedsituationin the ratio of old to young.
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It may well need unprecedented measures to remedy anunprecedentedsituation.
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What we are seeking to do is to find a rational way through an unpredicted,unprecedentedsituation.
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I hope that in that light you will do as your predecessors have done and not hesitate to make precedents in anunprecedentedsituation.
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Here, again, we are dealing with an entirely new andunprecedentedsituation.
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It would have been surprising if in thisunprecedentedsituationthere were no mistakes.
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We are now in anunprecedentedsituationand lack a judge.
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We must recognise also that we face anunprecedentedsituationwith the scale of television and the electronic media.
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I repeat: this is not anunprecedentedsituation.
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There is no doubt that in certain respects the powers that are being sought are unprecedented, but we face anunprecedentedsituation.
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It may be a long-established and logical practice, but are we not in a mostunprecedentedsituation?
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Broadly speaking, his defence of the innovation was that the finance was unprecedented, because it had to deal with anunprecedentedsituation.
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I have already made the point that this looks like anunprecedentedsituation.
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My response to the point that there is no precedent is that we are now in anunprecedentedsituation.
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We are in anunprecedentedsituation, because there is still no official voting record.
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But we are in theunprecedentedsituationof being a great debtor nation depending upon exports for our food.
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All those measures were businesslike and brisk and intended to deal with anunprecedentedsituation.
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Anunprecedentedsituationhas arisen under which a civil servant has been blamed for the pit closures.
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But for how long can thisunprecedentedsituationlast?
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They have had to meet anunprecedentedsituation, and they are meeting it cautiously and well.
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