potential weakness

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandweakness

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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weakness
noun
uk
/ˈwiːk.nəs/us
/ˈwiːk.nəs/
the fact or state of not being strong ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandweaknessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The strength of bursaries is also their greatestpotentialweakness.
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This is apotentialweaknessof the current story.
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Yet this exploitative system was also a source ofpotentialweakness.
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Anotherpotentialweaknessis the low response rate (20 %) from the sample that was screened.
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Apotentialweaknessof the model is density- and frequency-dependence.
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This reflects thepotentialweaknessin an approach based exclusively of literary criticism within a historical context.
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Onepotentialweaknessof this study is that the results are dependent on the quality of record keeping.
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Apotentialweaknessof the study was that the sample did not include people living in institutions, or those with any evidence of mental confusion.
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There is, therefore, apotentialweaknessif they are not replaced.
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Anotherpotentialweakness, apart from inflation in the past, in achieving sustainability is the lack of adequate investment.
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I thought he pointed out what could be apotentialweakness, and certainly that will have to be watched.
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It is not possible to say at this stage whether what happened reveals anypotentialweaknessof those arrangements and, if so, what remedial action might be appropriate.
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A future threat can be apotentialweaknesswhile a future opportunity can be a potential strength.
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Apotentialweaknessmay be that the skills learned in this structured setting are not easily generalized in less strict settings.
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Anotherpotentialweaknessof trait theories is that they may lead some people to accept oversimplified classificationsor worse, offer advicebased on a superficial analysis of personality.
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