inadequate infrastructure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinadequateandinfrastructure
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inadequate
adjective
uk/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət/us/ɪˈnæd.ə.kwət/
not good enough or too low ...
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infrastructure
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to ...
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Unquestionably, the refugees placed an enormous strain on the alreadyinadequateinfrastructureof the city.
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This made the economic situation for the city even worse due to itsinadequateinfrastructure.
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Inadequateinfrastructurewas berated universally as an impediment to commerce.
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Inadequateinfrastructure, especially in transport and telecommunications, is the main barrier to the development of this area's foreign and interregional trade.
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It is certainly the case thatinadequateinfrastructureis a material consideration that can be used for turning down planning permission for a new development.
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There are also 30 acres of available industrial land where expansion and development have been impeded byinadequateinfrastructure—particularly sewerage and drainage facilities.
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Aninadequateinfrastructurewill only lead to more accidents.
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No doubt that is due to aninadequateinfrastructure.
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That can only get worse, with many new commuters adding to the pressures on the currentinadequateinfrastructure.
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There has been deteriorating capacity, weakening institutions andinadequateinfrastructure.
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In contrast to what it claims, the costs of congestion caused byinadequateinfrastructurecannot be passed on to the hauliers.
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As in any vastly overcrowded and very poor country, there are huge problems withinadequateinfrastructureand with religious and ethic intolerance.
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That is due in part to the railway operators and in part to theinadequateinfrastructure.
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There is a completelyinadequateinfrastructurein relation to the police, doctors and so on.
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Surely there are plenty of other things such as inadequate training, inadequate investment andinadequateinfrastructure.
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There was a totallyinadequateinfrastructureto support any redevelopment.
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Although objections on grounds ofinadequateinfrastructure—such as highways, schools and drainage—loomed large in the eyes of local residents, they lacked support fom the local authorities.
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All the new towns are affected by problems such as poor sustainability, car dependence, andinadequateinfrastructureand housing stock—often as a result of building methods.
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The economy of the area is underachieving because of the run-down in agriculture and because companies are not investing there, largely because ofinadequateinfrastructure, including roads.
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The cancer plan identified two key weaknesses in cancer research: insufficient high-level strategic planning and co-ordination between different funders, and aninadequateinfrastructurefor clinical research.
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