genuine attempt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenuineandattempt
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genuine
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/us/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/
If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk/əˈtempt/us/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofgenuineandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The result shows considerable intellectual effort and constitutes agenuineattemptto understand what is happening as societies age and generations seek new ways to define themselves.
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This is, indeed, rather untidy, but it represents agenuineattemptby a thoughtful international political theorist to work through the moral implications of his position.
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Secondly, it was agenuineattemptto make the nominated bodies more accountable and democratic.
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This is agenuineattemptto try to improve what is currently an outrageous situation.
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That is not unfair competition but agenuineattemptto help the commuter figures and to reduce the peak hour problem.
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I maintain that that reflects, adequately or inadequately, agenuineattemptat a balanced policy in the matter of tenures.
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I believe this to be agenuineattemptto reach a sensible solution.
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But that objective could be achieved without discarding the process of rehabilitation and thegenuineattemptto try to assess risk.
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In particular, it represents agenuineattemptto deal with quota hopping.
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The owner also has to prove agenuineattempt, without success, to sell the property at a reasonable price on the open market.
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There is agenuineattemptto try to ensure that the balance sheet is true and fair.
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I refer not to bogus marriages, but to marriages where there is agenuineattemptand desire to get married.
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The truth is that this is not agenuineattemptto tackle the problem of betterment.
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I do not regard this as agenuineattemptto consider the subject of consumer protection.
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We could and should make agenuineattemptto remove the ugliness which industrialism has left behind it.
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It is not agenuineattemptto deal with the development of undeveloped land.
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This is agenuineattemptto assist him.
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This seems to be agenuineattemptto deal with it.
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It is agenuineattemptto limit and narrow the issues that were raised in earlier debates.
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