What does "inducing prospect" mean here?
"... . Being inside our minds is for most of us and very understandably, a deeply anxiety inducing prospect."
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3The phrase is anxiety-inducing, meaning something that causes anxiety. It should be a hyphenated word when written.– AndrewNov 14, 2018 at 15:47
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I take it that you understand that it induces anxiety but are asking about what it means to be "deeply inducing"? How does deeply go with the verb induce?– TimRNov 14, 2018 at 18:54
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@Tᴚoɯɐuo Yes, how does it go?– a.RRNov 20, 2018 at 12:07
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I don't think it goes well at all. IMO, the phrase "a deeply anxiety inducing prospect" is somewhat clumsy. It would be better to use the verb induces: For most of us, being inside our own minds induces deep anxiety.– TimRNov 20, 2018 at 12:32
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@Tᴚoɯɐuo Induces "a deep anxiety", or just "deep anxiey"? Is there any difference?– a.RRNov 20, 2018 at 12:44
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No, you have misparsed this (complicated) structure.
"For most of us and very understandably" is a (coordinated) adverbial phrase, that applies to the whole predication.
The prospect is not "inducing", but "anxiety inducing".
The whole structure is:
It is [[for most of us] and [very understandably]] a [[deeply [anxiety-inducing]] prospect.
answered Nov 15, 2018 at 0:17
