unfortunate situation

collocation in English

meaningsofunfortunateandsituation

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unfortunate
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/us
/ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/
unlucky or having ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofunfortunateandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What are the reasons for thisunfortunatesituation?
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The second experiment reflects anunfortunatesituationwhere object moves quickly and the set of the visible points is very variable.
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If that is the case, is it not rather anunfortunatesituationto bring about by this new legislation?
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I think this is a veryunfortunatesituation.
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I think that it would place them in a mostunfortunatesituationif we adopted that policy.
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That creates a mostunfortunatesituationso far as this question is concerned.
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I am quite sure that this is theunfortunatesituationthat we have reached.
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They have been caught in anunfortunatesituation.
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That would be a veryunfortunatesituationto develop between central and local government.
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Therefore, we must be careful not to move too quickly towards anunfortunatesituationof this nature.
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We cannot do it, and that is theunfortunatesituationin which we stand here to-day.
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I should hate anyone to give the impression that the trade unions have contributed in any way to thisunfortunatesituation.
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If that were unjust, that would be anunfortunatesituationfor us all.
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It is suspended in a mostunfortunatesituation.
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I believe that they will be the people who can help us to resolve this mostunfortunatesituation.
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It represents the hard facts of a veryunfortunatesituation.
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This is theunfortunatesituationwhen one tries to catch up.
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It is anunfortunatesituation, but it is only temporary.
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They therefore moved over without considering the real arguments and ended up in a veryunfortunatesituation.
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