uncomfortable position

collocation in English

meaningsofuncomfortableandposition

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uncomfortable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bəl/us
/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.t̬ə/
not feeling comfortable and pleasant, or not making you feel comfortable ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofuncomfortableandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuncomfortable position

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The red fox brought him in a veryuncomfortableposition, to the place where he intended to eat him.
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In a time of change it is no surprise that it is anuncomfortablepositionto hold.
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That is obviously anuncomfortableposition.
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That is anuncomfortablepositionto adopt.
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It is anuncomfortablepositionfor everyone.
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That leaves him in a ratheruncomfortableposition.
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This is anuncomfortableposition, leaving little room for manoeuvre.
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It is an unhealthy anduncomfortablepositionfor the community.
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Secondly, this puts us in a veryuncomfortableposition.
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That is anuncomfortablepositionto put the authority in.
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One is then left in a veryuncomfortableposition.
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It must be anuncomfortablepositionto be in.
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I find myself in a veryuncomfortableposition.
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In the process, he loses his critical judgement and ends up in theuncomfortablepositionof actually defending the emergency rule.
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Being in no-man's-land is anuncomfortableposition.
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The profession would find itself in theuncomfortablepositionof being dependent for work on people whose culture or cultures struck dissonances with the culture of the profession.
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I venture to suggest several reasons for this ratheruncomfortableposition.
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They occupy the most exposed, dangerous anduncomfortableposition, but there are corresponding economies.
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That is anuncomfortableposition, but the way that direct rule is carried out is important.
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That is anuncomfortablepositionfor anyone, let alone a vulnerable 16 or 17-year-old.
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For a major trading nation that would be a thoroughly unsafe anduncomfortableposition.
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That is an uneasy anduncomfortablepositionin which to be.
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The governor has been in a particularly difficult anduncomfortableposition.
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I remember being in that mostuncomfortablepositionfor several years.
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I found myself in anuncomfortablepositionwhile listening to that broadcast.
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