contradictory position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontradictoryandposition
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contradictory
adjective
uk/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɚ.i/
If two or more facts, pieces of advice, etc. are contradictory, they are very different from ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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Neither does thecontradictorypositionof those who fund technical legal assistance give the author a great deal of pause.
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Remember thecontradictorypositionin which we were recently.
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I do not see this as being acontradictoryposition.
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It is acontradictoryposition, to say the least.
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That is plainly a highlycontradictoryposition.
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That is an inherentlycontradictoryposition.
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That is acontradictoryposition.
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As part of this process, we were able to resolve several contradictory positions judiciously and satisfactorily.
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The debate, like the flood of amendments tabled, has brought out very contradictory positions.
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Secondly, as a text of commonly accepted conclusions had somehow to be drafted, it was only natural for this text not to contain contradictory positions.
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However, there are many contradictory positions in the report we are debating.
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How those contradictory positions were to be reconciled was never explained.
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I do not see how he can maintain these contradictory positions.
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There is no sense in adopting two such contradictory positions.
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It seems to me that those are contradictory positions, which cannot be used with any kind of logic.
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We have had a week when, in the mouth of one man, two totally contradictory positions have been put forward.
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They must reconcile those contradictory positions.
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Having argued their contradictory positions at length, they requested the judge to give his ruling.
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