The book has an unfortunate tendency to begin stories and then drift away to other subjects.

The Giants' snappers have had the unfortunate tendency to become famous.

Both sides of the public debate have a really unfortunate tendency to equate climate with the weather.

He was of medium height and not too heavy, with just an unfortunate tendency to stoutness.

The other was an unfortunate tendency that had hindered her progress more than once.

The human being has an unfortunate tendency to wish to please.

That is, if the Americans in question did not have an unfortunate tendency to settle their business dilemmas at the point of a gun.

She moved well, but that might just have been youth and an unfortunate tendency toward exhibitionism.

If I keep a sharp eye on him, it is because he has an unfortunate tendency to be an independent thinker.

Firstly, there is an unfortunate tendency to put small and large companies in the automobile industry up against each other.