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major setback

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meanings of majorand setback


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major
adjective
uk /ˈmeɪ.dʒər/ us /ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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setback
noun[C]
uk /ˈset.bæk/ us /ˈset.bæk/
something that happens that delays or prevents a process ...
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Examples of major setback


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The first majorsetback occurred on the western front.
This is a majorsetback on the road of transition.
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That is a cause of great human suffering and a majorsetback to development.
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Opposition parties regarded that as a majorsetback to their own progress towards democracy.
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Thirdly, it represents a majorsetback for food production.
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It is that that great idea has suffered a majorsetback.
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Any problem is a majorsetback to public confidence.
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For those of us who believe in active democracy, what has happened has been a majorsetback.
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It would be a majorsetback for quality control on public transport.
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The coal strike was of course a majorsetback.
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I am dismayed that there seems to have been a majorsetback after all the hard work that went into trying to make progress.
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It would constitute a majorsetback in rebuilding confidence and the diversity and strength of the region's economy.
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But we are seen abroad to have suffered a majorsetback in two recent highly publicised instances—in the settlements granted to the miners and to the railway men.
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It was another majorsetback for us.
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I believe that it is within the grasp of the great powers now, and a failure to gain it would be a majorsetback to the cause of peace.
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It has expressed the view to me frequently that the disadvantage implicit in the proposed change in corporation tax will be a majorsetback to it.
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The restriction of the internet in the inmates daily lives would constitute a majorsetback in their daily functionings.
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Journalists and scholars called the festival a dismal failure, a majorsetback, a disastrous rally, a great disappointment, and a depressing show unnoticed by most.
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However, the 1989 season was a majorsetback, with injuries depleting the squad and leading to a fifth-place finish.
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