glaring deficiency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofglaringanddeficiency
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glaring
adjective
uk/ˈɡleə.rɪŋ/us/ˈɡler.ɪŋ/
used to say that something bad is ...
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deficiency
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that ...
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(Definition ofglaringanddeficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, the book had oneglaringdeficiency.
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Is there not aglaringdeficiencywhen tens of thousands of 17-year-olds are not likely to be included in the scheme?
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He went out of his way to make good aglaringdeficiency.
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The mostglaringdeficiencyis that it relates only to one type of record keeping—the minority type.
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The oneglaringdeficiencywas that there was no mechanism for the police authority to be consulted.
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I am pleased to say that some of the more glaring deficiencies have since been remedied.
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The specific purpose of that scheme was to redress the glaring deficiencies in the economic and social fabric of the area.
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I believe that one of the glaring deficiencies of that site is the absence of a railhead.
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If we have a mind to, we can put right the most glaring deficiencies.
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One of the most glaring deficiencies is the lack of any clear legal authority for the interception of mail and telephone calls.
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This figure is nowhere near sufficient to rectify the many glaring deficiencies in our defences.
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It is a great improvement upon the original, but still shows some glaring deficiencies.
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Some were unwisely applied in an attempt to correct what are said to have been the glaring deficiencies of the then current pattern of collective bargaining.
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