no apparent reason
collocation in Englishmeaningsofno,apparentandreason
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no
noun[C]
uk/nəʊ/us/noʊ/
a negative answer ...
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apparent
adjective
uk/əˈpær.ənt/us/əˈper.ənt/
able to be seen ...
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reason
noun
uk/ˈriː.zən/us/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofno,apparentandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Punishments were specified for particular offences without anyapparentreason.
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And there is noapparentreasonwhy he should not do so.
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Or maybe it simply has always been like that, for noapparentreasonat all.
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With shawls, then, the novel again gives us three of something for noapparentreason.
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Even if no data is lost, fluctuations in power supply can cause the server to crash for noapparentreason.
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The onlyapparentreasonfor this discrepancy is that the syntax of module declarations was not carefully thought out.
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There is noapparentreasonfor this phenomenon not to hold for all values of p(n).
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It may happen in a flash for noapparentreasonor it may not happen at all.
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Sometimes they come about for noapparentreason.
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An industry may pay enormous rates for noapparentreason.
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There is noapparentreasonwhy inordinate delays should develop.
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He tossed it away for noapparentreason.
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That decision has been arrived at for noapparentreason.
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Others have noapparentreason, and here is one example.
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Suspension can happen just like that, for noapparentreason.
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There is noapparentreasonfor them to be uninhabited.
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In principle there is noapparentreasonwhy we could not identify necessary causes for classes of deaths - indeed, we sometimes do so.
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In contrast, individuals may begin to feel bad and often manifest bodily changes, suffering from pain, dizziness, rash, malaise, and so on, for noapparentreason.
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Finally, there is noapparentreasonwhy developmental curves across declaratives and questions in our conditions should be parallel, if the same deficits do not underlie both.
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This must be measured, and certain substances should not be excluded for noapparentreason.
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One schemes, plans and gets ahead and then, for noapparentreason, everything goes wrong.
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For noapparentreasonat all the board suggests£373 now.
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It is an extreme relic, continuing into extreme old age and preserved for noapparentreason.
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The environment has deteriorated and, for noapparentreason, vandalism and crime are on the increase.
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