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nasty habit

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meanings of nastyand habit


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nasty
adjective
uk /ˈnɑː.sti/ us /ˈnæs.ti/
bad or ...
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habit
noun
uk /ˈhæb.ɪt/ us /ˈhæb.ɪt/
something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are ...
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Examples of nasty habit


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Such burdens have a nastyhabit of becoming reciprocal.
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Things have a nastyhabit of turning out very differently.
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History has a nastyhabit of repeating itself.
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And of course history has a nastyhabit of repeating itself.
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People, as opposed to property or income, have a nastyhabit of moving about.
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We know from experience that "temporary"has a nastyhabit of becoming"permanent".
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But these things, like tadpoles, have a nastyhabit of multiplying themselves.
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Disorder has a nastyhabit of migrating from one place to another.
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They have a nastyhabit of spreading across into other areas.
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It has increased from the occasional unfortunate lapse to something approaching a nastyhabit.
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Big capital projects have a nastyhabit of exceeding the original estimated cost.
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When something is set down in legislation it has a nastyhabit of staying there for ever.
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They have a nastyhabit of later turning out to have some quite unforeseen and unintended effect.
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People have somehow a very nastyhabit of being able to make huge profits during a war.
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The men who persuade themselves that they are adopting the country have a nastyhabit of changing their minds.
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I firmly believe that anti-discrimination measures have a nastyhabit of backfiring and themselves becoming discriminatory.
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The matter is urgent, because this coal business has a nastyhabit of turning back upon you suddenly when you least expect it.
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However, when such an occurrence is repeated in the course of the same sitting an unfortunate lapse becomes a nastyhabit.
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In addition, many conflicts have a nastyhabit of starting at the low intensity end and escalating to high intensity conflict.
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It seems to me that every time we produce anything in larger quantities, the military machine has a nastyhabit of swallowing it up.
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In this field the most pessimistic estimates for the future have a nastyhabit of turning out to be too optimistic.
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A modern, civilised society should not apply moral judgments to such families, for the very simple reason that such judgments have a very nastyhabit of hurting the children.
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Where this seemed a desirable facility, allowing users to create use once then throw away reports without calling on developers this had a nastyhabit of causing performance issues.
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