final irony

collocation in English

meaningsoffinalandirony

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final
adjective
uk
/ˈfaɪ.nəl/us
/ˈfaɪ.nəl/
last:
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irony
noun[U]
uk
/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/us
/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/
a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very ...
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(Definition offinalandironyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinal irony

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There is at least onefinalironyhere.
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There was onefinalirony.
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That would be thefinalirony—and a fitting epitaph for this gimmicky, limited and crude electioneering piece of legislation.
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Thefinalironyis that it may not be possible to spend that money in the remaining few weeks of the current financial year.
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In a way, that is almost thefinalirony.
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If so, that will indeed be afinalirony.
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Thefinalironyis that the system is not working properly even in dealing with new claims.
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Afinalironycame when one of the team, sitting observing outside, found two of the offenders coming out of the pub.
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Thefinalironyis that people refuse to live in them, unless they have nowhere else to go.
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It would be afinalironyif the legislation meant that we were now the only country to be eliminated from international competition in this field.
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Then came thefinalirony.
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It is thefinalironyof our long parliamentary history that today the monarchy is supporting, with its prestige and popularity, the whole of the parliamentary system.
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Thefinalironyis that the institute immediately washed its hands of the whole matter, on the basis that, as a bankrupt, he had automatically ceased to be a member.
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There is afinalirony.
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