Examples of 'ill afford' in a sentence

Meaning of "ill afford"

ill afford - This phrase means that someone cannot financially or practically manage or bear the cost or consequences of something. It implies that the person is unable to do or have something due to limited resources or unfavorable circumstances

How to use "ill afford" in a sentence

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We can therefore ill afford to stand still.
Six enemas is a luxury we can ill afford.
We can ill afford any loss in momentum.
Which the church can ill afford.
We can ill afford to relax our resolve.
A sum the firm could ill afford.
I could ill afford to give you a ship.
Into a conflict that we can ill afford.
We can ill afford such emotions as pity.
But this a distraction that we can ill afford.
We can ill afford that demographic impact.
My client can ill afford.
We can ill afford to fail our future generations.
Book learning is a luxury your offspring can ill afford.
I can ill afford a speeding ticket.

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Though we could ill afford it.
We can ill afford to lose a minute.
It is a huge economic burden and we can ill afford to carry it.
She can ill afford to spare.
They pay their tuition which they can ill afford.
Canadians can ill afford a scientific brain drain.
These poorer countries and families can ill afford such losses.
We can ill afford mistakes.
Many employ extra accounts clerks which they can frequently ill afford.
Muslims can only ill afford such a project.
We can ill afford another failure at this session to act on these issues.
An association one could ill afford in those tumultuous days.
We can ill afford to write off the futures of one in ten children.
A clean renewable energy which we can ill afford to lose in the future.
They could ill afford to provide any aid or food.
England will lose a devoted and singular woman she can ill afford to spare.
Because we can ill afford to lose even one valuable man.
More and better engines were needed although the company could ill afford them.
The world community can ill afford to squander such progress.
We can ill afford the price of such unnecessary fighting among ourselves.
This is a particular challenge for SMEs that can ill afford to maintain a multiplicity of certifications.
They can ill afford to be left behind on the currency or the technology.
Most ports operate at near capacity and can ill afford an attack of this nature.
Spitfires can ill afford to stray from game plan if club.
To think that you would give up your money which you can ill afford.
We can ill afford to.
It was a campaign the Japanese could ill afford.
I believe we can ill afford to lose men of your high character.
A large fleet is a luxury England can ill afford.
National budgets can ill afford the cost of improving defences.
Alphabet makes time a resource Google can ill afford to waste.
Small businessmen can ill afford this cost at a time of economic strife.
Our treaty with France will draw us into a conflict that we can ill afford.
We can ill afford an open conflict with the eyes of government everywhere upon us.
This is money Iraq can ill afford to lose.

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