repeated failure

collocation in English

meaningsofrepeatedandfailure

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repeated
adjective
uk
/rɪˈpiː.tɪd/us
/rɪˈpiː.t̬ɪd/
happening again ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofrepeatedandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Whenrepeatedfailureof rule-based reasoning occurs, the practitioner will move to the knowledge-based level of decisionmaking.
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It is more than a sorry tale: it isrepeatedfailureat every level.
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Thisrepeatedfailureto address these deficiencies and successfully remedy them is unacceptable.
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This is a world ofrepeatedfailure, quite outside any other world in the sphere of penology with which we have to deal.
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That is a consequence of therepeatedfailureof local authorities, year upon year, to get anywhere near the cash planning figures that were given.
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If criminals knew thatrepeatedfailureto turn up at a warehouse would attract suspicion, that smuggling method would be eliminated.
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Therefore, we will not be returning offenders to court unnecessarily, but we cannot permitrepeatedfailureto comply, or lax enforcement.
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With these people there is need to clear away years ofrepeatedfailurein various aspects, of failing to grapple with things such as literacy.
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They study hard to enter the school in spite of theirrepeatedfailure.
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We have been so exercised by therepeatedfailureof governance in such institutions that we have commissioned a special report, pulling out the general lessons arising from our work.
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Depression is often the result of chronic frustration fromrepeatedfailureto engage others socially, and mood disorders requiring treatment may develop.
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While failing these people may have many public benefits, the consequences ofrepeatedfailurecan be very high for the individual.
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As a consequence, two technical defeat of 0:3 and a warning that in case ofrepeatedfailureto appear, the team will be disqualified from the tournament.
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