unexpected delay

collocation in English

meaningsofunexpectedanddelay

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unexpected
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
not ...
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delay
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈleɪ/us
/dɪˈleɪ/
the situation in which you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have ...
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(Definition ofunexpectedanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The route should be completed by the end of 1929, provided nounexpecteddelayoccurs in the negotiations regarding the construction of bridges.
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What has happened to cause this evidentlyunexpecteddelayin a conclusion being arrived at?
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There has beenunexpecteddelayin publishing the constitution and holding the referendums.
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Because of theunexpecteddelay, most of the campaign season was gone.
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Weather can causeunexpecteddelay, and even force the effort to be aborted.
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The paper should have appeared in this journal some time ago, but occasionally events occur that lead to unexpected delays.
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The trouble has been caused by unexpected delays in obtaining new production.
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There have been unexpected delays in developing the highspeed detector equipment need to cope with conditions at this junction.
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We had unexpected delays in securing the release of materials, owing to the various war controls.
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Obviously, the commissions need elbow room for unexpected delays, complications and the unpredictable.
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About £10 million of the total £100 million odd will flow from unexpected delays in the development of equipment.
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Usually, these kinds of systems run a simple task in a main loop also, but this task is not very sensitive to unexpected delays.
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Usually, the occurrence of software bugs can result in unexpected delays to the project.
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After disagreements and unexpected delays the group broke up before any recordings were made.
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Unexpected delays, including changes in the lead actor, shut down initial production.
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