Collocations withseriousness
These are words often used in combination withseriousness.
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degree of seriousness
At what degree of seriousness does legal trouble become crime?
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great seriousness
The hypothesis of multiple religious ends impels us to take the testimony of the traditions and their believers with great seriousness.
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high seriousness
The rhythm guitar plays a flamenco-like rhythm, simultaneously referencing the mock high seriousness and the drumming feet of the flamenco dancer.
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lack of seriousness
The lateness and lack of seriousness of the reply predated a matter of serious national importance.
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level of seriousness
If the situation has not reached that level of seriousness, the inspectors can be directed to use a system of formal written warnings.
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moral seriousness
There is a tremendous sense of resolve about the group, a kind of moral seriousness.
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seriousness of purpose
Involving the community in birth control does not necessarily have to be the sober, dedicated, zealous enterprise that admits only of seriousness of purpose.
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utmost seriousness
That is a matter of the utmost seriousness, but it is one for which we must hold ourselves to a large extent responsible.
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