economic predicament
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicandpredicament
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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predicament
noun[C]
uk/prɪˈdɪk.ə.mənt/us/prəˈdɪk.ə.mənt/
an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandpredicamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Those who boarded the northbound buses therefore did so because they could see no other solution to their desperateeconomicpredicament.
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It sometimes boils down to a choice between saving speakers from theireconomicpredicamentand saving a language.
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But as theeconomicpredicamentworsened during the 1980s, the rhetoric of development sounded increasingly hollow.
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Theory led to the putting of conclusions in a certain way - in terms of the links between theeconomicpredicamentof large social groups and the sequence of political events.
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The authorities are fully aware of the country'seconomicpredicamentand of the need to reduce inflation, which has added so much to their costs.
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I am not one who thinks that wage increases are the sole reason for our presenteconomicpredicament.
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I have pointed out for a long time the seriousness of oureconomicpredicament.
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Is not this one of the main causes of theeconomicpredicamentin which we find ourselves?
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It is something imposed upon us, alas, by the facts of our nationaleconomicpredicament.
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The adult education offerings had more to do with theeconomicpredicamentand the demand for continuing education and ideological orientation than with political schooling.
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