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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as averse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a strong dislike or opposition to something.
Example: "She is as averse to public speaking as she is to heights."
Alternatives: "equally opposed" or "just as reluctant".
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Chinese consumers are as averse as anyone else to being poisoned, so such incidents persuade many to buy Western brands.
Could we be as brave, as indomitable and as averse to self-pity?
The Democrats are as averse to boiling things down to their essence as the Republicans are addicted to it.
Despite the cult status of its products, the company is every bit as averse to revolution as its workaday neighbours.
As averse as I usually am to feel-good, follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies, this one got to me.
The top Trump operative is as averse to the limelight as his boss is fond of the cameras.
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Yet studies of entrepreneurs find that, in general, they're as risk-averse as everyone else.
Would we be as risk-averse as he seemed to think?
Radio 1 takes those risks, unlike commercial radio, which wants to be as risk-averse as possible.
Encountering them on a platform as expensive and as risk-averse as TV — a city-owned station, no less — is a genuine surprise.
Lew R. Wasserman, who for half a century was the head of the entertainment behemoth MCA, is as publicity-averse as John Gotti, and the resemblance doesn't end there.
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