appalling condition

collocation in English

meaningsofappallingandcondition

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appalling
adjective
uk
/əˈpɔː.lɪŋ/us
/əˈpɑː.lɪŋ/
very ...
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condition
noun
uk
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofappallingandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They arrived in the mostappallingcondition.
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The toilets are in anappallingcondition.
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The house was in anappallingcondition.
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Three years ago the hostel was inappallingcondition.
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That seems to me a reallyappallingconditionof affairs.
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It was left in the mostappallingcondition.
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Some schools are in anappallingconditionand need maintenance.
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Some of the properties are in anappallingcondition.
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Our prisons are in the mostappallingcondition.
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It was in anappallingconditionand needed painting.
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Who and what is responsible for theappallingconditionof these rivers?
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A lot of private rented accommodation is already in anappallingcondition.
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The result is theappallingconditionof affairs that has occurred in recent debates.
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It is not in theappallingconditionthat the owner thinks it is.
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The woman, according to the nurses report, was in anappallingcondition.
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She was left in a mostappallingconditionand had to be put down.
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However, many are still inappallingconditionand in need of some action.
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The car was indeed inappallingcondition.
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I beg everyone to understand that the scheme was introduced because the dock industry was in such anappallingcondition.
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Too often, people are compelled to live in such houses, which are in the mostappallingcondition.
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Theappallingconditionof those people made me resolve to try to build a better world that cared for them.
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Unless we can do something to encourage such people to practise dentistry, we shall be in anappallingcondition.
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A great deal of land is left in anappallingconditionor encumbered with conditions that make its redevelopment difficult.
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The children were ragged, they were not properly fed, they were dirty and verminous, and generally in anappallingcondition.
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The dental profession has no doubts on this point: the teeth of the children of this country are in anappallingcondition.
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