I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
behaviour
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The reward is given only if a desirable behaviour occurs and the punisher is given only if undesirable behaviour occurs.
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The punisher used here is designed to extinguish the undesirable behaviour .
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The reward has gone and consequently the undesirable behaviour may diminish or cease.
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The welfare system, runs this view, makes things worse because it discourages people from working and rewards undesirable behaviour .
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Commonly, both are used consistently to help replace an undesirable behaviour with acceptable behaviour.
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This would be undesirable behaviour in a transformer but is the essence of fluxgate operation.
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The praise reward, when it comes, reinforces this inserted, undesirable behaviour .
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You will, at times, have to make the consequences of undesirable behaviour costly for the child.
consequence
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Past introductions of new species into a strange environment have sometimes had unforseen and undesirable consequences .
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It also considers the factors which cause undesirable consequences and suggests policy decisions and design methods for controlling these factors.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Environmentalists claim that the development will have undesirable effects on animal habitats in the area.
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Rent control laws can have a number of undesirable effects.
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The drug is effective, but has undesirable side effects, and long-term use can result in liver damage.
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The incident could have undesirable consequences for the government.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All of these potential outcomes are extremely undesirable .
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Even in situations of hardship, government action is undesirable because it can undermine individual initiative and independence.
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I still remain of the view that that would be undesirable .
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If the firm has a short-term or cyclical need for funds, a long-term obligation may be highly undesirable .
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Many tried to make themselves deeply undesirable .
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Mutual cooperation was undesirable from the generals' point of view, because it wasn't helping them to win the war.
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The reward has gone and consequently the undesirable behaviour may diminish or cease.
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There is no telling how fast an undesirable wife can be shot out the door.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How could she go around with such undesirables?
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She, like many others, is on a list of undesirables collated by police intelligence in several different countries.
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The investigations are intended to prevent spies, criminals, security risks and other undesirables from entering government.