widespread discontent

collocation in English

meaningsofwidespreadanddiscontent

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widespread
adjective
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/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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discontent
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/us
/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/
a feeling of wanting better treatment or an ...
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(Definition ofwidespreadanddiscontentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The inevitable result of all this waswidespreaddiscontentamong ex-soldiers.
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Widespreaddiscontentprompted by economic and political grievances created a volatile situation, in which ideas about the reform of church and society rapidly took hold.
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Predictably, since these changes were not accompanied by wage increases or wider differentials, it has generated considerable andwidespreaddiscontentamong both gazetted and formerly nongazetted officers.
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There iswidespreaddiscontentabout the housing figures and their allocation.
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In the slump, wages are reduced, there iswidespreaddiscontentand there are unemployed armies.
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There iswidespreaddiscontentwith the way housing benefit claims are processed.
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It is only here and there among minorities, among the same people all the time, that you find the suggestion that there iswidespreaddiscontent.
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There iswidespreaddiscontentin the cities and towns of our country.
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It is right not to wait until there iswidespreaddiscontent, protests and riots before adopting a constructive policy of this character.
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I do not have that information, but there waswidespreaddiscontentat the last round of appointments.
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It would be wrong to suppose that there is anywidespreaddiscontentwith living conditions.
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We are also, as a public, more aware of thewidespreaddiscontentwhich now pervades the forces since the last pay review.
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There iswidespreaddiscontentin my constituency about the method of diagnosing pneumoconiosis in particular.
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There is no evidence that there iswidespreaddiscontentwith our system of local government.
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As a result of this state of things there were strikes in munition works, andwidespreaddiscontent.
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There iswidespreaddiscontentabout the present system.
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There has not been any evidence ofwidespreaddiscontentor, indeed, any discontent.
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There iswidespreaddiscontentwith local government and with government generally.
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People will put up with a good deal if they have an opportunity of being heard, but plans proposed and passed in secret may give rise towidespreaddiscontent.
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Will he look carefully into this matter, because there iswidespreaddiscontent, and it is impeding the war effort owing to workers arriving late for their work?
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