wretched condition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwretchedandcondition
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wretched
adjective
uk/ˈretʃ.ɪd/us/ˈretʃ.ɪd/
unpleasant or of ...
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condition
noun
uk/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofwretchedandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I want to tell him that thatwretchedconditionstill obtains, and has continued ever since his visit.
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Do not drive the people down into awretchedcondition.
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I should also like to pay tribute to those medical scientists who have developed medical techniques to relieve would-be parents of thewretchedconditionof infertility.
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This is the truly tragic moment, when the hero becomes conscious of hiswretchedcondition.
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However, due to the poor quality of materials used in construction, the condition of the building deteriorated rapidly, and by 1865 the light was judged to be inwretchedcondition.
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Transported over distances as great as 600 kilometres, prospective settlers endured the same wretched conditions as did the men of the second portion and other labour conscripts.
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They propose to leave open the way for the sale of congested estates without improvement, and so stereotype all the existing very wretched conditions.
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Many have worked excessive hours in wretched conditions.
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Approximately 800 000 internally displaced persons are living in wretched conditions in refugee camps.
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Notwithstanding that fact, there is appalling poverty in that city, and wretched conditions of living.
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There are many living in wretched conditions outside the country in refugee camps and others living in wretched conditions within the country.
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As has already been said this afternoon, they live under the most wretched conditions, in the most terrible sub-standard shacks and hovels.
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Exploitation of labour, particularly of child labour, reminds us of the wretched conditions that marked our own industrial revolution.
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The main point that emerges from this survey is the wretched conditions in which so many of these people are living.
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The last thing we want is for them to live in wretched conditions.
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It is a question of staff in pretty wretched conditions.
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One proposal has been a demand that the already wretched conditions of the unemployed should still further be worsened.
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We cannot hope to reform men and women by putting them in wretched conditions under severe restraint.
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In the meantime, these employees have to live in these wretched conditions, maybe for years to come.
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The deadening effect of unemployment, especially of long spells, is to make men indifferent and to make them used to wretched conditions.
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