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  1. time bomb, ticking bombnoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    time bomb, infernal machine

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  1. Livia Firth:

    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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