Compounded
compounded (adjective) - make bigger, make worse, cause a problem to become a bigger problem
compound a problem
compounded their problems
a problem compounded by another problem
the failure was compounded by Y
X compounded the problem
a problem compounded by ignorance
preventing mistakes from being compounded
the error was then compounded
her pain was compounded by being made to feel ashamed
she compounded her family's displeasure when she eloped with a volatile Irish sheep shearer
her misery was compounded
his methods of problem solving compounded the problem
their exploitation was compounded by Y
falling prices compounded the economic consequences of the closure
suffering compounded perhaps by civil war
difficulties are compounded
difficulties have been compounded by the infrequency of revaluations
poverty, caused above all by low pay and compounded by large families and diminishing work opportunities for wives...
difficulty compounded
difficulty is compounded by the fact that...
the problem is compounded by an increase in slash-and-burn settlement of forest areas
fears have been compounded by Y
this problem is further compounded by the belief that....
the debilitated condition compounded by the extinction of the one remaining royal line of inheritance
theoretical position had at this point compounded too many incongruities to make criticism necessary
the exercise price will rise at a compounded rate of about 4% a year
further compounded by a deeply held commitment to the idea that...
Example sentences:
* Described as quiet, genteel and beautiful, a real aristocrat Maria can only have compounded her family's displeasure when she eloped with a volatile Irish sheep shearer.
* Annually thereafter, the exercise price will rise at a compounded rate of about 4% a year.
* As happens with children, her pain was compounded by being made to feel ashamed.
* However, he emerged convinced of the extent of severe, if quietly borne, rural poverty, caused above all by low pay and compounded by large families and diminishing work opportunities for wives.
* These difficulties have been compounded by the infrequency of revaluations.
* The problem is compounded by lack of a satisfactory way for local government to raise its own revenue.
* This is further compounded by the belief that large screens will solve all problems, they don't.
* The problems were compounded by a shortage of coal and natural gas and uncertainty over supplies of oil from the former Soviet Union.
* Isn't this problem compounded by the storage problem, bits are everywhere.
* The problem is compounded by an increase in slash-and-burn settlement of forest areas, much of it carried out by people made homeless by the fighting.
* Confusion about the real cause of the accident was compounded by press allegations that the crew had ignored the advice of air traffic controllers
* At least she had not compounded her remark by backing it up with an astrologer's predictions.
* And then, then , I actually compounded my stupidity by furnishing the apartment and moving in!
* These major disasters are compounded by the fact that those people believed that the NHS would make them better.
* Falling prices of key agricultural commodities (including coffee, copra and cocoa) compounded the economic consequences of the closure and forced Finance Minister Paul Pora to announce an emergency adjustment package on Jan. 9.
* This is further compounded by a deeply held commitment to the idea that we are all individuals, unique beings with our own special qualities and idiosyncrasies , which sociologists deny, preferring to put people in boxes without regard for their individuality.
* On the face of it, the debilitated condition in which Ivan left the Crown, compounded as it was by the extinction of the Rurik line on the death of his son Fyodor in 1598, much enhanced the political stature of the Church.
* There are eight other lines of action which the Plans Project has identified as a means of recovering ground or of preventing mistakes from being compounded.
* In Ukraine the result could be either a return to the Russian fold, or a reversion to authoritarian rule, compounded perhaps by civil war in the Russified eastern regions of the country.
* If the weather is wet, a fallen monarch's difficulties are compounded.
* They came from 14-2 down at the break, and Trinity's failure was compounded by the sending off of Mark Conway.
* And now these fears have been compounded by a sixth profitability study by accountants Spicer & Oppenheim whose gloomy conclusions may well prolong the sector's agonies further.
* And as director, he adopted a slow, fluid style that compounded the problem.
* The error was then compounded when, having just missed the green with his fourth shot, his chip took off and he three-putted.
* Poor Gedge had to attend the local infirmary where his misery was compounded when nurses found out he was in a band.
* One might be forgiven the thought that Wagner's theoretical position had at this point compounded too many incongruities to make criticism necessary.
*You may not believe it, but yours is a privileged generation, For your grandparents, sex was a taboo subject, enclosed by walls of "Thou shall nots" and compounded by ignorance.
* The differences between disciplines which Taylor refers to are compounded by differences between sectors, institutions and even departments.
* Such exploitation was compounded by the fact that their tenants obtained only low wages and insecure employment and could not afford a rent which would provide a sufficiently large return to keep the houses in good repair.
* She felt a throb somewhere in the region of her midriff, a throb compounded of relief and a dawning hope.
* The problem is compounded by increased water consumption, up by 70 per cent per head compared to 30 years ago, and leakage in the supply system, which is estimated to be running at around 20 per cent.
* Such difficulty is compounded by the fact that Britten wrote the part of Grimes with Peter Pears in mind.
