unrealistic expectation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunrealisticandexpectation
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unrealistic
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.rɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us/ˌʌn.riː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen or of what you can really do; not based ...
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expectation
noun
uk/ˌek.spekˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spekˈteɪ.ʃən/
the feeling that good things are going to happen in ...
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Yet, while univalence is a helpful quality in many contexts it is probably anunrealisticexpectationfor key terms in the social science vocabulary.
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There is anunrealisticexpectationthat health promotion initiatives will adopt experimental research designs that have been developed for medical research.
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To establish ifunrealisticexpectationof recovery after stroke has an adverse effect on mood.
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I hesitate to describe that as anunrealisticexpectation.
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Obviously that would be anunrealisticexpectationto have at this moment when we have painfully to try to deal with inflation.
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However, there is anunrealisticexpectationthat they can all remain in the academic base.
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That would be anunrealisticexpectationat this stage.
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Clearly, that is anunrealisticexpectation.
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I do not suggest that agreement on immediate removal of the export ban is probable, but a timetable towards that end is not anunrealisticexpectation.
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Significantly, many parents have anunrealisticexpectationof how the child should behave, so that when it behaves badly the parent takes it as a personal rejection.
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John, will remind us—theunrealisticexpectationof a miraculous transformation of the quality of life of the great mass of unemployed and deprived in the shanty towns.
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The result was an unnatural interaction, and it created theunrealisticexpectationthat participants would give their undivided attention to one another.
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Viewers generally have anunrealisticexpectationthat a body going through decomposition should look as it did before death.
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This gives the general public anunrealisticexpectationof a successful outcome.
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Adding to this are unrealistic expectations regarding the problem solution capacity of these organisations making them much more vulnerable when expectations are not met.
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Factors identified as negatively impacting on response rates have included time constraints, complexity of research, unrealistic expectations and lack of feedback.
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Arguably, the knowledge that they were selected in this way will burden these children with unrealistic expectations.
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Failure to recognize this complexity may undermine the legitimacy of current initiatives aiming to increase the use of scientific evidence by setting unrealistic expectations.
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