false expectation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffalseandexpectation
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false
adjective
uk/fɒls/us/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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expectation
noun
uk/ˌek.spekˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spekˈteɪ.ʃən/
the feeling that good things are going to happen in ...
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(Definition offalseandexpectationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffalse expectation
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Our claim is that afalseexpectation, going by the name of the 'quest for certainty', has gripped those conducting research synthesis.
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There are four or five areas of difficulty, of which the first isfalseexpectation.
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Those who expect to run their planes without anything going wrong are working on afalseexpectation.
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However, it is right not to raise hopes to afalseexpectation.
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The raising of afalseexpectationcan easily be overcome by a simple sentence in a card or leaflet.
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There is an unrealistic and thereforefalseexpectationof the staff, but without a clear definition, to what degree remains subjective.
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Events have proved that this was afalseexpectation.
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To resolve an anomaly, the information in an explanation must account for why prior reasoning led to false expectations or beliefs.
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But it also suffers from its own false expectations.
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It reduces misunderstanding and false expectations founded in nuance or preconceived ideas.
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False expectations will only lead to a sense of failure and a concomitant loss of motivation.
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We must not create false expectations or set artificial deadlines of the kind that were set early last year.
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Forcing into a legal annex a political statement was just misleading and sent the wrong message, raising false expectations for the people in the region.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Instead, they would give rise to false expectations and distract attention from what needs to be done, namely accept changes and restructuring.
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This may well raise false expectations and hopes.
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It will not do to take the power to remit the costs and do nothing about it, as that would raise entirely false expectations.
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For example, new employees may have been recruited on the basis of entirely false expectations of the conditions of employment.
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We prefer not to create any such false expectations.
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I believe that to do anything other than that is to raise false expectations on the part of the pensioners.
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We do not want biotechnology to become another such bubble, built of false expectations and empty promises.
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