root problem

collocation in English

meaningsofrootandproblem

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root
noun[C]
uk
/ruːt/us
/ruːt/
the part of a plant that grows down into the earth to get water and food and holds the plant firm in ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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(Definition ofrootandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The failure to consistently mobilize this apparent majority suggests that therootproblemwas institutional.
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If we are to demonstrate therootproblemwith commodified healthcare, however, more than sentiment will be required.
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Therootproblemwhich faces us is the unstable money which we have inherited.
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Furthermore, how are remote rural areas such as my constituency expected to diversify successfully if therootproblemof poor accessibility remains?
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Therootproblemis the amount and repetition of noise and the decibel level.
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There is therefore complete freedom to take a proper look at thisrootproblemof citizenship.
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If we are to establish a more coherent moral framework, we need to deal with therootproblem—the issue of faith.
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We must try to bring ourselves down to the ground and think of the grassrootproblem.
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After all, it would imply an element of carelessness in failure to solve therootproblemat the previous stage of renegotiation.
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Therootproblemis in the fact of dependency and the feeling of uselessness and the despair of unemployment.
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Therefore, therootproblemis not liquidity, but inconvertibility.
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However, therootproblemis that the crime can be committed in the first place.
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Therootproblemis the provision of houses at rents which it is within the competence of people to pay.
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In the end, truancy is more likely to be a symptom than therootproblem.
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So called experts who purport to offer "fix-it" strategies at normally great cost are arootproblem.
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They are dealing with the effects of unemployment and not with therootproblemitself.
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Therootproblemhere is an economic problem.
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Therootproblemthat we face today, as everyone realises, is the supply of teachers.
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However, can he tell me what is therootproblemof the industry?
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However, these conclusions, however sensible, fail to tackle therootproblemof lack of accountability.
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