fundamental imbalance

collocation in English

meaningsoffundamentalandimbalance

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fundamental
adjective
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/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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imbalance
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/us
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/
a situation in which two things that should be equal or that are normally equal ...
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(Definition offundamentalandimbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Of course a major part of it is due to oil, but that in turn hides afundamentalimbalancein our international trade.
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There is almost afundamentalimbalancein the arguments that have been put forward.
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They are a sign of afundamentalimbalancein the economy and of bills that sooner, rather than later, will have to be accounted for.
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We recognise thefundamentalimbalancein the relationship between worker and employer in the workplace where, on some occasions, workers need support.
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The amendments do nothing to resolve thatfundamentalimbalance.
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There is afundamentalimbalancein the economy.
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If there is afundamentalimbalance, there is nothing to be gained by such a game.
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As an outsider coming afresh to this area, it seems to me that there is created here afundamentalimbalancebetween rights and responsibilities.
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The area health authority and the health district have made great efforts to attempt to save money and to tackle thefundamentalimbalancein the district's health services.
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It must also be recognised that it will be at a cost to public funds for a long time ahead until thefundamentalimbalancein world shipbuilding changes.
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As many have found to their cost, there is afundamentalimbalancebetween the evidence required prior to the licensing of a product and that required post-release.
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There was no action on the unfairness of the tax system overall, and a failure to tackle the fundamental imbalances of the economy.
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Those are fundamental imbalances in the economy.
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