lack of candour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandcandour
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candour
noun[U]
uk/ˈkæn.dər/us/ˈkæn.dɚ/
the quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially about a difficult or ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandcandourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I only complain about thelackofcandourat the beginning of his speech.
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Thislackofcandouris demonstrated by the arguments which have been widely used.
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However, it urged alackofcandourtowards the public.
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I think that all of us are worried about the evasiveness andlackofcandourwhich has been shown.
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I shall come to the so-calledlackofcandourin a moment.
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I do not believe that it is alackofcandouron the part of those associated with it.
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It is thislackofcandourwhich is pervading the whole argument that we have heard.
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With an uncharacteristiclackofcandour, he has omitted from his list fixed penalty notices, which he mentioned earlier.
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Does he think that that does not show a certainlackofcandourin the matter?
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There is somelackofcandourin it.
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After all, when any of us are treated with alackofcandour, how do we react?
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Any suggestion that there waslackofcandouris absolute nonsense.
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There was no question of anylackofcandour.
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I protest against thelackofcandourwith which we have been treated.
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Then it must be a shamelesslackofcandour.
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I am attacking theirlackofcandour.
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Without presuming to offend anyone let me say that the whole basis of the attack upon this policy is alackofcandour.
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It was also introduced with a deplorablelackofcandourabout its true motivation.
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I submit that they were guilty of a grosslackofcandour.
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