Vicious cycle
a vicious cycle, vicious circle (noun)- when one problem leads to another problem that makes the first problem even worse making the problem bigger (amplifying the problem), this repeats over and over again in a cycle until the situation gets extremely bad; a series of events that reinforces itself through a feedback loop toward greater instability (See Wikipedia)trapped in a vicious cycle
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caught up in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting
a vicious cycle of brilliant women being relegated to low profile positions, devalued and underpaid
this vicious cycle isn't a coincidence - it's our bodies' primitive survival mechanism
not long after finding an apartment, Andy began a vicious cycle of shopping, drinking, check-bouncing and alienating anyone who might be considered friendly.
creditors and debtors find themselves in a vicious downwards cycle liquidating everything in sight
potential for a vicious cycle in which fear for the future produces even more hard times and tough luck
investors can detect when a company is geting into a vicious cycle
you had problems with your mother somewhere and I think that this vicious cycle could go on and on and on to your children
break the vicious cycle of welfare dependency, please
a vicious cycle has set in, we are doomed
millions of poor rural women are caught in a vicious cycle: they eat food to get human energy, and then spend all this energy in producing food and collecting the energy needed to cook it
they were caught, repeatedly, in a vicious cycle of needing to lower quality in order to maintain competitive prices.
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a vicious cycle versus a virtuous cycle
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the behaviour perpetuates the symptoms creating a vicious cycle that traps them
the two partners in troubled marriages are frequently locked into a vicious cycle
establishes a vicious cycle that will never stop
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a vicious cycle of poverty
vicious cycle of poverty with depression, lethargy and enormous rates of alcoholism
potential for a vicious cycle
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a vicious cycle becomes established when...
it was not until 1973 that Thais ended their acquiescence to military rule and attempted to break the vicious cycle of Thai politics by which coups led to military rule
the vicious cycle of police militarization and public alienation is seen to be kicked into play by the economic crumbling of the inner city
two partners in troubled marriage locked into a vicious cycle.
the vicious cycle of stress and anger and alienating friends and loved-ones
a vicious cycle of reactions develops
a vicious cycle of reactions develops leading ultimately to an untimely death
trapped in a vicious cycle of mediocrity: Revenues are low
a vicious cycle of warfare
end the vicious cycle of wars and ever-increasing expenditures on arms, to ensure security for all states
Pakistan's vicious cycle of poverty and social oppression
We're caught in a neurotic, vicious cycle
s that each of these new inventions or developments feeds the others to create a vicious cycle of perceived corruption, voter mistrust, and ever-closer regulation
Example sentences:
* Both creditors and debtors find themselves in an almost vicious cycle in which the former must give to receive and the latter must receive to give.
* If the Government peruses additional antireform steps Moscow will find itself locked in a vicious cycle.
* This news establishes a vicious cycle that will never stop. You're feeding to the fears of the public.
* It's a vicious cycle of poverty, resulting in depression and lethargy. The rate of alcoholism is enormous.
* Disaster on the economic front means many things, hardship, distress, and the potential for a vicious cycle in which fear for the future produces even more hard times.
* Investors, he said, can detect when a company is getting into this vicious cycle by looking at its ratio of accounts receivable to sales at the end of each month.
* A vicious cycle of declining property values and declining tax revenues, combined with higher property tax.
A vicious cycle of declining property values and declining tax revenues
* It's becoming a vicious cycle. Employers are reluctant to train non- supervisory employees in basic skills because they'll leave for another company.
* Private colleges have been caught in a vicious cycle; higher tuition and lower quality education make them a low priority for users.
* It is possible that we will get locked into a vicious cycle of fear and defensiveness; or apathy and despair; or anger and aggression.
* They depend on U.S. leaders seizing the moment to pioneer an arrangement that will end the vicious cycle of wars and ever-increasing expenditures on arms, to ensure security for all states
* It is possible that we will get locked into a vicious cycle of fear and defensiveness; or apathy and despair; or anger and aggression.
* Despite government inaction, the realization that education is key to breaking Pakistan's vicious cycle of poverty and social oppression is starting to percolate up from below.
* Admittedly the vicious cycle of police militarization and public alienation is seen to be kicked into play by the economic crumbling of the inner city, but thereafter the weight of the explanation is placed on inadequate (or over-heavy) policing.
* But it can be assumed that many millions of poor rural women are caught in a vicious cycle: they eat food to get human energy, and then spend all this energy in producing food and collecting the energy needed to cook it.
* Women with bulimia may also be ignorant of how their behaviour perpetuates their symptoms, creating a vicious cycle which traps them.
* A vicious cycle becomes established with the child being constipated, having overflow but retaining the faeces because it is painful to pass.
* When people are within the vicious cycle of stress, their top priority becomes limiting the damage that is being done to their self-esteem.
* If you make it a chore or a conflict you are already back in the vicious cycle.
* Interestingly, the Western producers may be caught in a kind of vicious cycle.
* Eventually, she was caught up in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting, when she was depressed she ate, when she was bored she ate; a box of cakes and half a dozen Mars bars in one session was nothing unusual.
* It's a vicious cycle.
* Thus the first important government report on depressed areas in the early 1930s concluded that such areas can only escape from the vicious cycle, where depression created unemployment and unemployment intensified depression by means of some positive external assistance.
* Under modern conditions these promote obesity and a vicious cycle of increasing insulin resistance and compensatory hyperinsulinaemia, leading ultimately to pancreatic &bgr; cell decompensation and frank diabetes.
* This condition is caused by a genetic disorder that prompts an abnormal reaction to anesthetic drugs. A vicious cycle of reactions develops in muscle cells, accelerating the body's metabolism often producing fatal consequences.
* The country is in constant warfare with weaker neighbors to accumulate wealth and larger armies. In a vicious cycle, each victory enabled them to accumulate even more means of destruction to wage war with.
* Since the seventeenth century we seem to have been caught up in this vicious cycle, alternatively applying the model of capitalist society to the animal kingdom, then reapplying this bourgeoisified animal kingdom to the interpretation of society.
* The recent stock market correction and the yen's weakness have both been in a vicious cycle.
* Urban growth and government spending become caught in a vicious cycle: Worn-out highways must be repaired because for the many people commute from the suburbs.
* It was not until 1973 that Thais ended their acquiescence to military rule and attempted to break the vicious cycle of Thai politics by which coups led to military rule.
It's a vicious cycle of brilliant women being relegated to low profile positions, devalued and underpaid.
* Obviously, you had problems with your mother somewhere and I think that this vicious cycle could go on and on and on to your children, and you could end up in a disastrous family situation, maybe.
* They give us hope that we can break the vicious cycle of welfare dependency.
* It's just -- it's such a cycle, and it's a vicious cycle. Normally, most years, when wheat's down, you got cattle, we had to sell them all!
* And many people gain back mare than they lost. This vicious cycle isn't a coincidence-it's our bodies' primitive survival mechanism against the threat of death!
* A VIRTUOUS OR VICIOUS CYCLE?
* Ever more intensive farming methods locked the industry into a vicious cycle. As farming output increased, so did the amount of inedible parts from what they produced.
