Sentence examples for unfortunate characteristic from inspiring English sources

Pinocchio is best known for his most unfortunate characteristic – every time he lies, his nose grows longer and longer.

But it is an unfortunate characteristic of most of the people who actually get in to the Commons that they are more ambitious to join the government than to hold it to account.

To put Ribery's injury record in to perspective, after joining the club in 2007 Ribery had to wait three seasons before he could begin a campaign in good health – an unfortunate characteristic that had held him back, until last season.

Research has shown the risks of cochlear implantation to be extremely low.Rachel Chaikof BostonOutdated actsSIR – One unfortunate characteristic of a democracy is that laws get enacted but rarely struck down once they have outlived their usefulness ("Set the farmers and shopkeepers free", July 20th).

Our society in general shares this unfortunate characteristic.

It is an unfortunate characteristic of utopias that they never work as planned.

Because of inherent human biases and unfortunate characteristics of vehicle travel, it is argued that most caregivers possess an immunity fallacy, or a reduced perception of risk for motor vehicle injury to their children.

One of the unfortunate characteristics of the growing interest in Buddhism in the West, she argues, is the decreasing focus on monasticism.

When the heterogeneity is excessive however, the random effect model has the unfortunate operational characteristic of allocating similar weights to all trials, irrespective of their size and precision.

The case study illustrates a situation in which a cultural heritage site loses its original function because of a combination of an unfortunate location and physical characteristics.

That two of these are essentially homicidal maniacs is, I assure you, simply an unfortunate coincidence and obviously not a characteristic to be admired.