anomalous situation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofanomalousandsituation
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anomalous
adjective
uk/əˈnɒm.ə.ləs/us/əˈnɑː.mə.ləs/
different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore ...
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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 ofanomalousandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In part as a result of increased official and mass media attention to thisanomaloussituation, there has been a considerable improvement.
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This contradiction has led to ananomaloussituation.
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Meanwhile, theanomaloussituationremains that contraceptives can be legally imported but not sold or advertised.
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Is not this ananomaloussituationin need of rectification?
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I pointed out that this presented a ratheranomaloussituation, but the company said that a great deal could be done with simulators.
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We have ananomaloussituationin which a trust is the landlord of a privatised company.
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Sometimes, it is the wife herself who is the trustee, and that would raise a curious andanomaloussituation.
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This strange andanomaloussituationhas had a number of extremely unfortunate effects.
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That is an illustration of theanomaloussituationinto which we are now getting.
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It is a veryanomaloussituation, insofar as the agricultural industry requires all those who are now available.
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Would my noble friend not agree that this is a slightly unsatisfactory andanomaloussituation?
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There will be ananomaloussituationin areas where people do not have choice.
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Instead of a modern, rational, equitable structure of legislation we shall have even more complexity, an even moreanomaloussituation.
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We, too, fear that the same clause may also create ananomaloussituationin the procedures for entering into agreements.
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Patients such as my constituent are in ananomaloussituationbecause of the novel methods of treatment they are receiving.
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I believe that my noble friend is asking us to live with a ratheranomaloussituation.
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I am not sure that having ananomaloussituationis sufficient ground for wishing to change existing procedure.
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That step was not an act of pique or isolationism but an appropriate and long overdue reaction to ananomaloussituation.
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There would need to be a tidying up of what has become ananomaloussituationin the law, but much would not be necessary.
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