desirable outcome

collocation in English

meaningsofdesirableandoutcome

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desirable
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzaɪə.rə.bəl/us
/dɪˈzaɪr.ə.bəl/
worth having and wanted by ...
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outcome
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈaʊt.kʌm/us
/ˈaʊt.kʌm/
a result or effect of an action, ...
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(Definition ofdesirableandoutcomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesirable outcome

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Distraction may have thedesirableoutcomeof less depression and less hopelessness, which in turn may enable patients to problem-solve and think more clearly.
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In studies into schizophrenia, the main outcome is often symptom severity but this may not always be the mostdesirableoutcomefrom the patients' perspective.
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However, it is adesirableoutcome, both for the external prestige of the course and for the individual students.
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That would be adesirableoutcometo our discussions.
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I believe, therefore, that it would be a verydesirableoutcomeand one that we shall work towards.
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Surely that would not be adesirableoutcome.
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I am sure of that, and that is the mostdesirableoutcome.
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It cannot be adesirableoutcomethat the assembly's discretion should be fettered as the amendment proposes.
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I do not really think that, in all fairness, that is adesirableoutcome.
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That would not be adesirableoutcomein itself.
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Perhaps that is adesirableoutcomebut it is a trend which needs to be observed.
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Perhaps this will result in some kind ofdesirableoutcomein the future.
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We may therefore achieve adesirableoutcomeenvironmentally, but only as a consequence of mismanagement of the economy, with all the damaging economic side-effects.
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It is extraordinary that that should be considered a "desirableoutcome".
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Can he give any information as to how arrangements such as job sharing have grown in the civil service to facilitate thatdesirableoutcome?
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If so, it is the mostdesirableoutcomethat we could hope to achieve.
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I do not believe that that is adesirableoutcome.
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