counsel of despair

collocation in English

meaningsofcounselanddespair

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counsel
noun
uk
/ˈkaʊn.səl/us
/ˈkaʊn.səl/
formal
advice:
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despair
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈspeər/us
/dɪˈsper/
the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or ...
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(Definition ofcounselanddespairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I suppose we may agree that a primitive mechanism of "grasping" is, if true, acounselofdespair.
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He does, however, in the remainder of the chapter retreat from thiscounselofdespairto consider work in some important sub-domains of language learning.
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It is sheer defeatism, acounselofdespair, to throw up the sponge and go in for all-round restriction.
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That is acounselofdespair, and a significant one.
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Those who say that an import boom is bound to follow from a cut in taxation are providing acounselofdespair.
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I regard that as acounselofdespair.
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Surely that is acounselofdespair—as we cannot stop it, let us regulate it.
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It may be acounselofdespair, but it is also true.
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It is something of acounselofdespairto say that we should take no action if existing tenants might benefit the most.
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In a democracy, that seems acounselofdespair.
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To some, no doubt, religion is acounselofdespair.
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But to argue that nothing can be done because so much has to be done is, in my view, acounselofdespair.
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To have a strategy that could not be altered by any circumstance, would be acounselofdespair.
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To say in these circumstances that anything is better than nothing is indeed acounselofdespair.
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That is acounselofdespairand one which we should do everything to refute.
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That is acounselofdespairand defeat.
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I have always believed that sanctions do not work, never can work and, in the end, are nothing less than acounselofdespair.
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That is surely acounselofdespair, alien to our traditions.
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First, there has been thecounselofdespair.
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I regard this kind of talk as acounselofdespair.
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