unequal burden
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunequalandburden
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unequal
adjective
uk/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/us/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/
formal
different in size, level, ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk/ˈbɜː.dən/us/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofunequalandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The reason for these transfers is theunequalburdenof urban pollution, agricultural productivity and reliance on dirty production.
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This, once again, places an undue andunequalburdenon women.
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It seems anunequalburden, which is not shared by the better-off and more beautiful towns where there is no slum clearance problem.
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First, as regards theunequalburdenof rates.
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Conditions vary so tremendously in different parts of the country that you have a mostunequalburden.
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There is, first of all, that very difficult problem of theunequalburdenof rates.
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The evils we knew then are aggravated tenfold by theunequalburdenof unemployment.
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That is a good illustration of theunequalburdenof cost: one-third in the case of the railways and one-eighth in the case of the road hauliers.
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In bi-polar systems, there willunequalburden-sharing between the major and minor powers in an alliance.
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Immediately local government comes under scrutiny we find inequalities and injustices, overlapping and extravagance, unequal burdens, which have to he borne by different localities.
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It is the imposition of unequal burdens on the people of your own country.
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Those at the bottom would thus be freed of unequal burdens.
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The present system under which roads are maintained casts most unequal burdens upon different parts of the country.
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In that sense, disproportionate, unfair and unequal burdens are placed on the best employers to support a social wage that many lousy employers do not pay.
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