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Discover LudwigThe phrase "aggravates matters" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation that is made worse or more complicated by a particular action or event.
Example: "The sudden change in management policies only aggravates matters, leading to further confusion among the staff."
Alternatives: "complicates the situation" or "exacerbates the issue."
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Furthermore, the interaction of hunger and AIDS aggravates matters.
I agree with Mr. Corning that our corporate tax rules already distort investment decisions; I also agree that lowering taxes on capital gains only aggravates matters.
This week it was the DIA, last week something else," says Paul Tyll, an engineer who lives in the suburbs and voted for the DIA tax.Race aggravates matters.
Nor does it help that some believe they can cure themselves of venereal diseases by sleeping with a virgin.Economic inequality between the sexes aggravates matters.
It is also important to note that employing author-recommended decision corrections [9] usually aggravates matters.
Friedlander hypothesizes that caspase, besides producing fragments of aberrant huntingtin, aggravates matters by recruiting normal huntingtin to the clumps.
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Aggravating matters were a low birthrate and demographic changes afflicting all of rural Japan.
Nigeria's government and the delta oil companies say, with some justification, that local residents aggravate matters.
In recent months, the spike in fuel prices has aggravated matters, raising some drivers' diesel bills by $100 a week.
Now, with a mediocre poll lead and an increasingly ugly spat about union involvement in the Falkirk selection aggravating matters, it appears the battle was merely deferred.
The union's trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy, criticized the tariffs on Wednesday, saying they "will not only not provide a solution, but aggravate matters".
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