inherent advantage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinherentandadvantage
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inherent
adjective
uk/ɪnˈher.ənt/us/ɪnˈhɪr.ənt/
existing as a natural or basic part ...
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advantage
noun
uk/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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(Definition ofinherentandadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In this circumstance, the incumbent'sinherentadvantagein providing private goods in the future is worth less relative to rewards in the current period.
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The critical ideological dynamic concerns the security of the status quo and theinherentadvantageor disadvantage this gives to the contending sides.
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We do not view this bias of signal flow in the centrifugal direction as a design flaw in amacrine cells, but rather as aninherentadvantage.
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Herein lies theinherentadvantageof the present technique.
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Under an expenditure cap rule, the status quo is insecure given emergency conditions, conveyinginherentadvantageto conservatives who can threaten to enforce the caps rather than override them.
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There is noinherentadvantageto our total freight movement in having the present weight of lorry.
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There may be noinherentadvantageon one part, or disadvantage on the other, but only a present superiority of acquired skill and experience.
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There is an enormousinherentadvantagein having a law that is clear, open and completely honest in what it is designed to achieve.
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I see noinherentadvantagefor it at all.
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There is noinherentadvantagefor the foreigners.
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We are told that the proposed system has someinherentadvantage.
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The amendment attempts to counter thisinherentadvantageand to provide a more balanced arrangement.
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It will have noinherentadvantageat all in the field.
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The idea behind the division was to reduce theinherentadvantagethat was given to the larger schools.
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Due to the circuitous nature of the railway line, the much more direct water route of the steamships afforded them aninherentadvantage.
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Theinherentadvantageof this kind of image stabilization is that it steadies the viewfinder image, allowing for more accurate framing and autofocus.
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Codification has inherent advantages like clarity and coherence of rules, as well as an accessible and definite body of articles, which facilitate implementation.
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Finally, our model suggests that multilateral assistance may have some inherent advantages relative to bilateral assistance.
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Parallel manipulators have the inherent advantages of better load carrying capability and more precise positioning of the payload - they are ideal for high-speed and high precision applications.
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Nor is it threatened by foreign competition based on cheap labour or other inherent advantages.
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