important limitation

collocation in English

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important
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/us
/ɪmˈpɔːr.tənt/
necessary or of ...
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limitation
noun
uk
/ˌlɪm.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌlɪm.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
the act of controlling and especially ...
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(Definition ofimportantandlimitationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimportant limitation

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This is animportantlimitation.
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This represents the mostimportantlimitationto the study.
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Nevertheless, it is animportantlimitationof the theory.
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That is animportantlimitation.
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This is theimportantlimitation.
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These results also highlight animportantlimitationof bioassay-driven fractionations: the assumption of non-additive effects.
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A secondimportantlimitationof the study was the relatively small group of subjects submitted to the intervention.
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Anotherimportantlimitationstems from the fact that the interviews were conducted by telephone rather than face-to-face.
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That is subject to animportantlimitation.
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That is a veryimportantlimitation.
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There is one otherimportantlimitation.
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That is animportantlimitationupon their applicability.
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That is a mostimportantlimitationon his power.
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This is animportantlimitationon the whole method.
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Both trials have animportantlimitation: these improvements were measured acutely, and the investigators did not address whether they could be sustained.
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Although these results suggested that bias was less likely in these analyses, bias could still be present, representing animportantlimitation.
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Finally, recall bias may have been animportantlimitationof this study, although efforts were made to assist respondents in recalling behaviors over the 2-year period.
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This situation highlights animportantlimitationin the reliability of these portfolio rankings noted earlier, which is that we must assume that they are constant over time.
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But the mostimportantlimitationof all is that of time.
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This is quite animportantlimitationof the definition of an insolvency practitioner.
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Animportantlimitationin the book as a whole is the focus on the 'local' and relative lack of consideration of other major drivers of change in coastal zones.
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Whereas our search strategy identified studies referring to depression, hospital utilization, and at least one of the selected health determinants, data reporting in the included studies was animportantlimitation.
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