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terrifying prospect

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meanings of terrifyingand prospect


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terrifying
adjective
uk /ˈter.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/ us /ˈter.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/
very ...
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prospect
noun
uk /ˈprɒs.pekt/ us /ˈprɑː.spekt/
the possibility that something good might happen in ...
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Examples of terrifying prospect


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The uncertainty of those awards—the fact that they can be backdated — is a terrifyingprospect for the small employer who has limited capital.
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They certainly do not feel that they should face the terrifyingprospect of being branded criminals.
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This is at the heart of the terrifyingprospect for unemployment.
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There is the possibility of intercontinental poaching, which is a terrifyingprospect.
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This is a terrifyingprospect to emerge from this most important debate.
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That is, to me, a positively terrifyingprospect.
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Being locked up for up to seven days must be a terrifyingprospect for any individual, particularly an innocent person.
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If preferred policies are carried through, that adds up to a terrifyingprospect for our national economy in a relatively short time.
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Yes, it is a terrifyingprospect for those who have to buy food in this country.
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That is a terrifyingprospect, having a potential outcome for vast parts of our community.
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No amount of unilateral disarmament talk, whether it is sincere or otherwise, will have the slightest effect on that terrifyingprospect.
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I say it is a terrifyingprospect, when you have people making statements like that, that nothing should be done.
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That is a terrifyingprospect with which to be faced.
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With digital television on the horizon, that is indeed a terrifyingprospect.
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It is a terrifyingprospect for the rest of us if the disease should develop in that way here.
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The most terrifyingprospect is of people getting behind the wheel of a car when not in a fit state and causing accidents and deaths.
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That would be a terrifyingprospect.
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For those people struggling to work despite a disability or an illness, as mentioned earlier, which they know will eventually incapacitate them, it is a really terrifyingprospect.
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For many years—this may still be the case—large numbers of publicans said that losing their licence was the most terrifyingprospect because they would also lose their livelihood.
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That is a terrifyingprospect.
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