What does ticking bomb mean?
Definitions for ticking bomb
tick·ing bomb
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word ticking bomb.
Princeton's WordNet
time bomb, ticking bomb(noun)
a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
"India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off"
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ticking bomb in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ticking bomb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of ticking bomb in a Sentence
Sustainability is about corporations or their investors asking themselves this question: What is the impact of environmental degradation, human rights violations or corruption on investment outcome for shareholders, if you make an investment and you fail to consider these issues, you are investing in a ticking bomb and at some point that bomb is going to explode.
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- bombe à retardementFrench
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