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false expectation

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meanings of falseand expectation


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false
adjective
uk /fɒls/ us /fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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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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Examples of false expectation


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Our claim is that a falseexpectation, going by the name of the 'quest for certainty', has gripped those conducting research synthesis.
There are four or five areas of difficulty, of which the first is falseexpectation.
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Those who expect to run their planes without anything going wrong are working on a falseexpectation.
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However, it is right not to raise hopes to a falseexpectation.
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The raising of a falseexpectation can easily be overcome by a simple sentence in a card or leaflet.
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There is an unrealistic and therefore falseexpectation of the staff, but without a clear definition, to what degree remains subjective.
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Events have proved that this was a falseexpectation.
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To resolve an anomaly, the information in an explanation must account for why prior reasoning led to false expectations or beliefs.
But it also suffers from its own false expectations.
It reduces misunderstanding and false expectations founded in nuance or preconceived ideas.
False expectations will only lead to a sense of failure and a concomitant loss of motivation.
We must not create false expectations or set artificial deadlines of the kind that were set early last year.
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Forcing into a legal annex a political statement was just misleading and sent the wrong message, raising false expectations for the people in the region.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Instead, they would give rise to false expectations and distract attention from what needs to be done, namely accept changes and restructuring.
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This may well raise false expectations and hopes.
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It will not do to take the power to remit the costs and do nothing about it, as that would raise entirely false expectations.
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For example, new employees may have been recruited on the basis of entirely false expectations of the conditions of employment.
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We prefer not to create any such false expectations.
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I believe that to do anything other than that is to raise false expectations on the part of the pensioners.
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We do not want biotechnology to become another such bubble, built of false expectations and empty promises.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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