Predicament
noun
A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.
My financial predicament forced me to sell the house
Often appears as...
- find oneself in a predicament
- facing a predicament
noun
A difficult choice or decision that must be made.
She's faced with the predicament of disobeying her boss or losing her job
Often appears as...
- faced with a predicament
- solve a predicament
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Business
noun
A complicated situation in which there are only unpleasant choices.
The country is in a predicament, with no end to the conflict in sight
Often appears as...
- country in a predicament
- ethical predicament
Usage tips
Formal
Political
noun
A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.
My financial predicament forced me to sell the house
Often appears as...
- find oneself in a predicament
- facing a predicament
noun
A difficult choice or decision that must be made.
She's faced with the predicament of disobeying her boss or losing her job
Often appears as...
- faced with a predicament
- solve a predicament
Usage tips
Business
noun
A complicated situation in which there are only unpleasant choices.
The country is in a predicament, with no end to the conflict in sight
Often appears as...
- country in a predicament
- ethical predicament
Usage tips
Formal
Political
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'predicament' often implies a situation with negative outcomes or feelings.
After losing his job, he was in quite a predicament.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate Danger
'Predicament' suggests trouble but not immediate danger, more like an awkward situation.
Missing the bus left me in a predicament.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Relevance
Use 'predicament' for situations that personally affect someone, not for general problems.
Her health issues presented a predicament for her family.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'predicament' often implies a situation with negative outcomes or feelings.
After losing his job, he was in quite a predicament.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate Danger
'Predicament' suggests trouble but not immediate danger, more like an awkward situation.
Missing the bus left me in a predicament.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Relevance
Use 'predicament' for situations that personally affect someone, not for general problems.
Her health issues presented a predicament for her family.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'predicament' often implies a situation with negative outcomes or feelings.
After losing his job, he was in quite a predicament.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate Danger
'Predicament' suggests trouble but not immediate danger, more like an awkward situation.
Missing the bus left me in a predicament.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Relevance
Use 'predicament' for situations that personally affect someone, not for general problems.
Her health issues presented a predicament for her family.
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Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
snacks problem is because they're so active during low tide they often find themselves trapped in an area with little to no water but have no fear tiny fins are here i say trapped because they aren't really stuck there they can get themselves out of these predicaments pretty easily actually they use their pectoral and pelvic fins to in a way walk over rocks
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Michael Lombardi:...
predicament the one thing you do is you leave the country right and I I took off to the Bahamas where the one place where I've been able to find solace in all this this journey and I was able to spend a lot of time looking at environments like this these are deep vertical walls that you start in the
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A climate solution where...
is to blame for our climate predicament. Now in theory, this should be an easy problem to fix. Economists agree that the best solution is to put a price on the carbon content of fossil fuels, otherwise known as a carbon tax. This would discourage carbon emissions
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Seafood and Survival PIPE...
active dialogue and one that acknowledges that we are currently putting our place in the systems of this world in deep jeopardy restoring resources through management is a more hopeful it's a more useful in a more human way to consider our predicament to
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The history of human...
and therefore represent the building blocks of our entire emotional lives. Well, if you look at an emotion like this, then it looks like a simple it's triggered by an external predicament, it's hardwired, it's there to protect us from harm.
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Daniel Goleman: Why...
and help a stranger in need was how much of a hurry they thought they were in -- were they feeling they were late, or were they absorbed in what they were going to talk about. And this is, I think, the predicament of our
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The philosophy of...
You've been stranded thousands of miles from home with no money or possessions. Such a predicament would make many people despair and curse their awful fate.
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Can This Buffalo and...
but then the third wolf appears now she's really gonna have a tough job to get her calf out of this predicament
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Pardis Parker: I’m tired...
large bridge oh really help with my predicament like oh oh if only my fortunes would turn so i
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The Most Dramatic...
Now she's really going to have a tough job to get her calf out of this predicament.
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Seven Superpowered...
snacks problem is because they're so active during low tide they often find themselves trapped in an area with little to no water but have no fear tiny fins are here i say trapped because they aren't really stuck there they can get themselves out of these predicaments pretty easily actually they use their pectoral and pelvic fins to in a way walk over rocks
Video examples
Michael Lombardi:...
predicament the one thing you do is you leave the country right and I I took off to the Bahamas where the one place where I've been able to find solace in all this this journey and I was able to spend a lot of time looking at environments like this these are deep vertical walls that you start in the
Video examples
A climate solution where...
is to blame for our climate predicament. Now in theory, this should be an easy problem to fix. Economists agree that the best solution is to put a price on the carbon content of fossil fuels, otherwise known as a carbon tax. This would discourage carbon emissions
Video examples
Seafood and Survival PIPE...
active dialogue and one that acknowledges that we are currently putting our place in the systems of this world in deep jeopardy restoring resources through management is a more hopeful it's a more useful in a more human way to consider our predicament to
Video examples
The history of human...
and therefore represent the building blocks of our entire emotional lives. Well, if you look at an emotion like this, then it looks like a simple it's triggered by an external predicament, it's hardwired, it's there to protect us from harm.
Video examples
Daniel Goleman: Why...
and help a stranger in need was how much of a hurry they thought they were in -- were they feeling they were late, or were they absorbed in what they were going to talk about. And this is, I think, the predicament of our
Video examples
The philosophy of...
You've been stranded thousands of miles from home with no money or possessions. Such a predicament would make many people despair and curse their awful fate.
Video examples
Can This Buffalo and...
but then the third wolf appears now she's really gonna have a tough job to get her calf out of this predicament
Video examples
Pardis Parker: I’m tired...
large bridge oh really help with my predicament like oh oh if only my fortunes would turn so i
Video examples
The Most Dramatic...
Now she's really going to have a tough job to get her calf out of this predicament.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Travis Bradberry
American Author
There is a time in the life of every predicament where it is ripe for resolution. Emotions provide the cue to act when a problem is big enough to see, yet still small enough to solve. By understanding your emotions, you can move adeptly through your current challenges and prevent future ones.
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ASAP Rocky
American Rapper
Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.
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Allen Tate
American Poet
So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman.
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Anohni
English Musician
It's a feminine universe, and every person who has ever tried to convince you otherwise is doing little more than pounding on his mother's breast, enraged by the predicament he faces as a leaf, dangling from the tree of life.
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Sophie B. Hawkins
American Musician
Most people who are successful don't keep their money. One of the rarest things in the world is to maintain success and integrity - the kinds of things that seem so easy just starting out. But that's the human predicament.
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Andy Kindler
American Comedian
The right wing is appealing to a shrinking, shrinking demographic of angry white people who blame their predicament in life on the fact that there are immigrants coming into the country; it's pretty ludicrous.
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Rollo May
American Psychologist
The striking thing about love and will in our day is that, whereas in the past they were always held up to us as the answer to life's predicaments, they have now themselves become the problem.
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Polo G
American Musician
I've been a signed artist, but it's only been a full year-and-a-half. I'm still kind of new to money and this kind of lifestyle, so me being in a messed up predicament wasn't too long ago.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
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Henry James
American Writer
Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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Travis Bradberry
American Author
There is a time in the life of every predicament where it is ripe for resolution. Emotions provide the cue to act when a problem is big enough to see, yet still small enough to solve. By understanding your emotions, you can move adeptly through your current challenges and prevent future ones.
Quote examples
ASAP Rocky
American Rapper
Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.
Quote examples
Allen Tate
American Poet
So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman.
Quote examples
Anohni
English Musician
It's a feminine universe, and every person who has ever tried to convince you otherwise is doing little more than pounding on his mother's breast, enraged by the predicament he faces as a leaf, dangling from the tree of life.
Quote examples
Sophie B. Hawkins
American Musician
Most people who are successful don't keep their money. One of the rarest things in the world is to maintain success and integrity - the kinds of things that seem so easy just starting out. But that's the human predicament.
Quote examples
Andy Kindler
American Comedian
The right wing is appealing to a shrinking, shrinking demographic of angry white people who blame their predicament in life on the fact that there are immigrants coming into the country; it's pretty ludicrous.
Quote examples
Rollo May
American Psychologist
The striking thing about love and will in our day is that, whereas in the past they were always held up to us as the answer to life's predicaments, they have now themselves become the problem.
Quote examples
Polo G
American Musician
I've been a signed artist, but it's only been a full year-and-a-half. I'm still kind of new to money and this kind of lifestyle, so me being in a messed up predicament wasn't too long ago.
Quote examples
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
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Henry James
American Writer
Life is a predicament which precedes death.
Example 1 of 10
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