adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a costly mistake (= that costs you money or has a bad result )
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Hiring him turned out to be a costly mistake.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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as
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It was a habit of disguise that she recognized as costly but could not be rid of.
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Margarines are available at widely differing costs, with the most expensive ones being twice as costly as the least expensive ones.
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Per unit of bitterness they are roughly as costly .
extremely
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On the other hand, the proposed scheme is going to be extremely costly , both in terms of money and teachers' time.
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The failure to stock merchandise that matches customer demand can be extremely costly .
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All of these methods are extremely costly and frankly are not helping the initial cause of the problem.
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A breakdown would be extremely costly and dangerous.
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There is no point in dimming fluorescent light; although it is possible, it is extremely costly and unnecessary.
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Meanwhile, the firing from the walls was undiminished, and the last stages of trenching had proved extremely costly .
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Relocating individual staff abroad is an extremely costly procedure.
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The argument most often put forward against tax relief for childcare is that it would be extremely costly to the Exchequer.
less
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Before its completion, there was a greater requirement for a lighter and less costly tank.
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Not only does it discredit traditional replication techniques, it also steers the organization toward less costly ways of achieving its ends.
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Smaller and less costly items such as pens, beauty products and food are much more obvious candidates for a more general distribution.
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From a cash-flow standpoint, that is less costly than actually paying your corporation an additional $ 200 in interest.
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Instead it utilised materials less costly and more readily obtainable.
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Short-term debt is generally less costly than long-term debt but is also riskier.
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The plans will show a more powerful and less costly product than existing prototypes.
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There are less costly ways of recognising the contribution teachers make.
more
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This is more costly and is not ideal but it is nevertheless feasible.
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Under the new rules, buyouts are much more costly than under the old plan.
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Front and rear valances also bolt on, but are more costly than the sills to replace.
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New, more costly technologies constantly escalate per capita costs.
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However, all this makes the Rolls a more costly proposition if it needs repairing.
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The company announced Tuesday it had adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to make a takeover more costly .
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He said suing the building society would only delay matters and make resolving the problem more costly .
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Yet the effort, far more costly than anything ever attempted by any government, has not produced the expected returns.
most
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Yet in all but a very few, it is people that are the organisation's most costly and most valuable asset.
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Indeed, the 1996 campaign season is headed for the history books as the most costly in history.
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It is the most costly spectacle on earth and it can not be repeated again this century.
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Aundray Bruce committed the most costly one, on third-and-5 in the first quarter.
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I love beautiful things, simple things, but they are the most costly .
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I have chosen the most costly problems, those that practitioners see over and over again.
potentially
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Amgen also said it would pay for any human trials to test the drugs, a potentially costly expense.
so
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He received no reply; seldom can a mislaid letter have had so costly a sequel.
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Not all good day care is so costly .
too
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City Lands director Peter Coffey said alternative access routes were impractical or too costly .
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Too controversial, some warned. Too costly .
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It's too far and much too costly and they couldn't possibly cover their expenses.
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These cases are too costly and too risky for most lawyers and most litigants.
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It is too inflexible, too costly , and too rigid.
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Its peeling paint and broken windows stand testimony that it went out of business because it had become too costly to maintain.
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Furthermore, the packets were too costly for the average people to buy, conflicting with the second criterion.
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In early experiments I actually used Guinness in the dough but it is too costly .
very
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Relocating an employee can prove very costly .
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The unwise patronage policy of the Santa Anna administration had been very costly .
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Rivers also flood, and such floods are sometimes very costly in terms of loss of life and destruction of property.
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Not very costly , but there is some cost involved.
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However, to try to salvage these items would be very costly .
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To do so is very costly .
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Secondly, wars which involved civilian targets were less dangerous and cheaper to organise, but very costly for the defender.
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Like divorce, it is painful and sometimes very costly to buy out a hostile partner.
■ NOUN
business
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Internet access is a costly business to run, so revenue has to come from somewhere.
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Though a useful vote-catcher before an election, it becomes a costly business thereafter.
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Often they are in relatively expensive sites on high streets with costly business rates.
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Fossil hunting is a costly business .
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Moreover, creating large bodies of worthwhile intellectual property is a specialised and costly business .
mistake
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But the pioneer also risks making costly mistakes which its rivals can learn from.
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The record shows a tendency to make a couple of kinds of particularly costly mistakes .
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The price for not doing so was costly mistakes and severe stress.
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To do otherwise could be a costly mistake all round.
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But they made a costly mistake in teaching their language to the hoipolloi.
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Redesigning chips takes time and money; simulations can help avoid costly mistakes .
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After all, if the executives fail in the new location, the employer will have made a costly mistake .
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A good frame-maker can keep you from making costly mistakes , says Gelay, such as putting Plexiglas over charcoal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A lawsuit would be costly and we would probably lose.
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Buying all those computers was a costly mistake.
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Caring for the park's swans is a costly business - roughly $26,600 per year.
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Taylor's pinched nerve has been the team's most costly injury this season.
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The finance committee rejected their plan because they said it was too costly .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Convening production lines to largely automated production of flat panel sets would be costly in the short term.
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From a cash-flow standpoint, that is less costly than actually paying your corporation an additional $ 200 in interest.
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Maximum use of state-of-the-art technology in place of costly and often error-prone personnel.
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Producers must receive a higher price to produce these more costly units. 7 Price and quantity supplied are directly related.
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Punitive damages potentially could be much more costly to cigarette companies than compensatory damages.
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Purchase of market share is seen to be less costly than establishing brands - and is quicker too.
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Several of the gifts were costly , including a cup of gold and a crystal salt-set.
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Yet the effort, far more costly than anything ever attempted by any government, has not produced the expected returns.