fundamental mistake

collocation in English

meaningsoffundamentalandmistake

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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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mistake
noun[C]
uk
/mɪˈsteɪk/us
/mɪˈsteɪk/
an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or ...
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(Definition offundamentalandmistakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Where he makes afundamentalmistakeis that he expects that every suggestion put forward is, in itself, a total answer to the problem.
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I think that that is afundamentalmistake.
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We shall be making afundamentalmistakeif we think that the present method of evacuation can continue.
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I believe that that is where they have made afundamentalmistake.
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It is afundamentalmistaketo believe that these two weaknesses in the present situation can be put right by one person in one position.
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We make afundamentalmistakeif we assume that a marriage is the same as a family.
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It is afundamentalmistaketo speak of rate charges and taxation charges as though they were of the same nature.
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I believe the real cause is that we have made afundamentalmistakein our present organisation of traffic.
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Afundamentalmistakeunderlies the provisions before us.
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If afundamentalmistakehas been made, the only solution is to cut the loss and to start afresh on the right lines.
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Thefundamentalmistakein the new system is that decisions on whether to prosecute are taken in private by state prosecutors.
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It is also afundamentalmistaketo assume that homelessness is a problem which is entirely external to the host borough.
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I find it particularly surprising in an age of planning that we should have made thisfundamentalmistake.
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There seems to be afundamentalmistakehere.
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That was thefundamentalmistakethat was then made.
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Or resign, if it did not wish to be involved in what it saw as afundamentalmistake.
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We think they have made afundamentalmistakeagainst the best interests of the country in the decision they have taken.
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It is afundamentalmistaketo believe that we can turn back the clock on globalisation.
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Thefundamentalmistake, which we must not make, is to mistake activity for achievement.
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That is afundamentalmistakewhen it comes to something as powerful and important as energy efficiency.
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