worrying trend

collocation in English

meaningsofworryingandtrend

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worrying
adjective
uk
/ˈwʌr.i.ɪŋ/
us
/ˈwɝː.i.ɪŋ/
making you feel unhappy ...
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trend
noun[C]
uk
/trend/
us
/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofworryingandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Second, the pretentiousness of the chapter is aworryingtrendfor ' development studies ', if this is an emerging field within it.
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The growth of that transport has led to the increase in carbon emissions, and that is aworryingtrend.
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This is not the case in an increasing number of countries in the world, and that is an extremelyworryingtrend.
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Although it has not been mentioned much today, there is no doubt what is the mostworryingtrendat the moment.
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The figures reflect theworryingtrendin crime, of which we are all aware.
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Taken overall, those figures are significant and appear to reflect aworryingtrend.
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A particularlyworryingtrendis that we tend to export cheaper manufactures, but import more sophisticated goods.
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That simply will not do and it illustrates aworryingtrendamong some teachers' unions and their general secretaries.
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That is aworryingtrendby any yardstick.
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Is not that an even moreworryingtrend?
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There are many people driving without road fund licences, and the rising incidence of people failing to stop after an accident is aworryingtrend.
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This is more than just aworryingtrend: we need to fight this scourge with all the means at our disposal.
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I see this as an extremelyworryingtrend.
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In recent years, the mostworryingtrendin crime statistics has been the increase in crimes of violence.
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The decline in the numbers of people farming is aworryingtrend.
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Does she agree that that is aworryingtrend, because it signifies wider health inequalities in future lives?
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The commander told me of a veryworryingtrend, which is an increase in the number of drink-drivers.
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We also need to address theworryingtrendin the reduction in applications for training as social workers.
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This has been caused by the high level of closures and redundancies throughout 1999 and is a veryworryingtrend.
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What it had to do with was theworryingtrendin the money supply figures.
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