disturbing tendency

collocation in English

meaningsofdisturbingandtendency

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disturbing
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɜː.bɪŋ/us
/dɪˈstɝː.bɪŋ/
making you feel worried ...
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tendency
noun[C]
uk
/ˈten.dən.si/us
/ˈten.dən.si/
If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or ...
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(Definition ofdisturbingandtendencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Possession cases were unstable and unpredictable, and the antics of adolescent demoniacs had adisturbingtendencyto invert and overturn the established age, gender, and social hierarchy.
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Yet figures show adisturbingtendencyfor the private sector to switch its resources increasingly from long-term investment into short-term liquid assets.
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Anydisturbingtendencyis minimised, or concealed by a fresh declaration of confidence, hard on the heels of the last disappointment.
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Even when the brakes are still on, it still shows adisturbingtendencyto over-heat.
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There seems to be a ratherdisturbingtendencyon the part of some people to be selective.
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We share a concern about thedisturbingtendencyamong the young to smoke.
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Problems connected with social security reveal the samedisturbingtendencyof family breakdown.
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It is adisturbingtendencyfor public denunciations to attribute the emission of smoke from the diesel engine to poor maintenance alone.
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Adisturbingtendencyis also emerging—directors are keeping their own final salary schemes while removing them from their employees.
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There has been adisturbingtendencylately for the consumption of milk to decline.
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