disastrous policy

collocation in English

meaningsofdisastrousandpolicy

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disastrous
adjective
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/dɪˈzɑː.strəs/us
/dɪˈzæs.trəs/
extremely bad ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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(Definition ofdisastrousandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is now recognised that that was adisastrouspolicywhich had considerable consequences on the development of small wharves.
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The truth is that violence remains adisastrouspolicy.
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If it had, thisdisastrouspolicyof importation would not have been necessary.
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I would regard this as intolerable and adisastrouspolicyfor us even to attempt.
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They do not want to hear about the people who support my strictures on theirdisastrouspolicy.
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Thedisastrouspolicyof the past must be put behind us.
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This would be adisastrouspolicyon any account but it is particularly disastrous now.
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Is it not adisastrouspolicyto cause insurance companies to lose money heavily due to the carelessness of motorists?
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We think that it is adisastrouspolicyand will not bring security to the nation.
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There is no conviction in this country that this is adisastrouspolicy.
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I believe this to be adisastrouspolicyin the long run.
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Firms caught up in the downward spiral of relying solely on low wages to increase profit have proved it to be adisastrouspolicy.
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This country pursued adisastrouspolicywhen it prevented the railway companies from becoming road and rail transport companies.
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This has been denounced as an illogical or unwise ordisastrouspolicy.
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I think this would be a quitedisastrouspolicy.
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Coercion is the inspiration and the purpose of this measure, and as such everybody must regard it as both an unjust anddisastrouspolicy.
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It expresses an intention to continue the same sort ofdisastrouspolicywhich under two parties has brought us where we are.
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This is adisastrouspolicyfor anyone to pursue.
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I would not agree, of course, that bulk purchase is necessarily adisastrouspolicyto adopt.
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This is the mostdisastrouspolicyof all.
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