fundamental problem

collocation in English

meaningsoffundamentalandproblem

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fundamental
adjective
uk
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/
us
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/
us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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(Definition offundamentalandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A morefundamentalproblemis the assumption that, properly equipped with savvy and information, patients can make their way through the health care system.
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Thefundamentalproblemis that critical values compiled under the random-walk null hypothesis are invalid in this case, even asymptotically.
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This suggests a morefundamentalproblemfacing the grievance arguments, however they are elaborated.
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Afundamentalproblemfor any adaptive system with a memory is: how should established representations be modified on the basis of experience?
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However, this does not overcome thefundamentalproblemof a small number of primary descent graph samples having very high weights associated with them.
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There is anotherfundamentalproblemwith atomistic simulations (related to the relatively small system size).
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Thefundamentalproblemlies in identifying structural variants with exact semantic equivalence.
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These studies indicate afundamentalproblemwhen looking for differences between biotypes using a particular marker.
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The present study suggests that this type of multifunctionality is afundamentalproblemto be solved by children during language acquisition.
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However, using probability theory threw up a majorfundamentalproblem.
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Given the premises of the old order, their diminishing capacity to do so presents afundamentalproblemto reformers.
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However, this finding is not afundamentalproblembut dependent on the culture and prevalent incentives.
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This certainly is a difficulty, but in our view thefundamentalproblemwith dispositionalism is that it is unmotivated.
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Figure 11 shows thefundamentalproblembehind answer confusability.
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Without this second injunction, one is left with thefundamentalproblemof explaining how the child ever manages to retreat from error.
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Onefundamentalproblemin this royal match was the difficulty of conceiving a marriage between equals.
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This is thefundamentalproblemwith a case study approach and attempting to generalise out of single cases.
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Thefundamentalproblemis the failure to clarify and define the nurse's role in rehabilitation and its ' invisibility ' in the wider literature.
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