disgraceful situation

collocation in English

meaningsofdisgracefulandsituation

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disgraceful
adjective
uk
/dɪsˈɡreɪs.fəl/us
/dɪsˈɡreɪs.fəl/
very ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofdisgracefulandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is adisgracefulsituationand the backlash has already started.
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We need to address that scandalous anddisgracefulsituation.
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We know of thedisgracefulsituationin which people who want to go and pray are being intimidated.
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He would agree—as we all do—that it is a partial remedy, but it nevertheless represents a step on the road towards remedying thedisgracefulsituation.
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What adisgracefulsituationin which to place a public servant in such a delicate and sensitive area of public service work.
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That is adisgracefulsituation, and it is about time that we addressed it.
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There is one way, and one way only, in which thatdisgracefulsituationcan be brought to an end.
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Things are starting to change after thedisgracefulsituationthat we inherited.
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Certainly, if this report has deliberately remained unpublished and hushed up it would be adisgracefulsituation.
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Does she agree that thatdisgracefulsituationshould be addressed urgently, ahead of other reforms to the housing benefit system?
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It is adisgracefulsituationwhich makes a speedy solution urgently necessary.
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He is right: it was adisgracefulsituation.
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This has been said and requires repeating and repeating, because it is adisgracefulsituationin which we find ourselves.
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Surely it would be adisgracefulsituationto arrive at if for any considerable period this country became a net importer of ships.
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Fortunately it was a fine summer but if it had happened to be a wet summer, one might have had adisgracefulsituation.
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My plea is, will someone, somewhere, take responsibility for thisdisgracefulsituation?
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As regards the wage pause, it was stated in detail in the other place nearly three weeks ago what adisgracefulsituationthat presents.
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That is adisgracefulsituationin a country such as ours which is proud of its democratic history.
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It is adisgracefulsituation, because these men have already served the equivalent of a four-year sentence without trial.
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In my view, this is a quitedisgracefulsituationand contrary to basic democratic rights of citizens under our constitution.
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