economic disaster
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicanddisaster
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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disaster
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈzɑː.stər/us/dɪˈzæs.tɚ/
(an event that results in) great harm, damage, or death, or ...
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(Definition ofeconomicanddisasterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No matter how hard women worked,economicdisasteralways threatened.
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It was aneconomicdisasterfor dyers because they were so fully exposed to the international economy.
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It is not just inhumane, it is also aneconomicdisaster.
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They felt that any stop between terminuses was a totaleconomicdisasterand the idea that trains might pick up passengers was an aberration.
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To him it is a social andeconomicdisaster.
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If there had been such a strike, it would have been aneconomicdisaster.
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The closure of yards of this kind are a majoreconomicdisasterbecause they represent the main, perhaps the only, sources of employment.
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I think that if we do leave, it will be a considerable political andeconomicdisaster.
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I suggest this would result ineconomicdisasterfor all the people of that territory.
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They have nothing to offer that will take us out of theeconomicdisasterpit.
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It is clear that in the long run this is a recipe foreconomicdisaster.
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It would be incredible even to think that by increasing the wages of low-paid workerseconomicdisasterwill follow.
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This ended in the greatesteconomicdisasterknown to history.
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Our hopes of avoidingeconomicdisasterrest on our ability to expand those industries and increase our exports of their products.
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But the implication that the options can be reduced to a straight choice between cutting social benefits oreconomicdisasteris essentially false.
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I am convinced that a sort of overcoat action of that kind would spelleconomicdisaster.
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If we cannot secure satisfactory arrangements for these countries they could well face something approachingeconomicdisaster.
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It is the way to the most bitter industrial strife that we have known for a generation, and the road to industrial andeconomicdisaster.
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It is already bringingeconomicdisasterto several innocent and undeserving countries and hardship and financial ruin to numberless families and individuals.
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They won it on a policy which meanseconomicdisasterfor this country.
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