unexpected consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunexpectedandconsequence
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unexpected
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
not ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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I do not deal with thisunexpectedconsequencehere.
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A more detailed examination of figures 2 and 4 indicates that thisunexpectedconsequenceis the result of two competing influences.
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Later, as immunities rose and disease mortality declined, foreign rule left unaffected existing fertility practices and intense population pressure was induced, a culminatingunexpectedconsequenceof contradictory, conflicting development policies.
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It is anotherunexpectedconsequenceof the system.
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This has been the notunexpectedconsequenceof a more general industrial malaise.
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This yields anunexpectedconsequence; the excitonic resonance can equally well originate from an electronhole plasma or the presence of excitons.
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The use of technological interventions to preserve that health, whether by medical doctors, public health officials, or architects can have unexpected consequences.
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However, used uncritically, this additional control can have unexpected consequences.
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It is important to bear in mind that use of antagonists lacking specificity to one receptor may have unexpected consequences.
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Not only did the process of state rebuilding produce enormous unexpected consequences, different social groups also contested participation in the new state.
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However, the interplay between organizations can lead to unexpected consequences.
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Neoliberal multiculturalism's new language of citizenship and formation of new aspirations are shown to have unexpected consequences.
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Each specific choice of a kernel has a number of important and possibly unexpected consequences which we shall describe later.
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This example shows that the stochastic structure of impulse trains can yield unexpected consequences.
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The stylized farmer decision models are then used to consider intended and unexpected consequences of agricultural policies, including input and output pricing, technological change, and biomass management.
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In particular, changes in the exogenous parts of the value of becoming a seller and/or a buyer have unexpected consequences for the equilibrium price level.
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What we found, however, was that the system was so complex that to change one piece in one place had unexpected consequences in other places.
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This is another case of our old friend "the law of unexpected consequences".
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People all over the country are worried about how they are to manage the unexpected consequences of the system.
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