lack of commitment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandcommitment
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commitment
noun
uk/kəˈmɪt.mənt/us/kəˈmɪt.mənt/
a promise or firm decision to ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandcommitmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A greater affliction is ' the apathy that derives from thelackofcommitmentto the civic public realm ' (p. 96).
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In such questions, the speaker'slackofcommitmentis transferred to the addressee, which makes it a less confrontational question.
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Periodic migration to rural areas did not reflect alackofcommitmentto urban industrial settings.
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In addition, none of the informants expressed feelings of totallackofcommitment.
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Both signal alackofcommitmentto what they are saying in the very act of saying it.
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However, this diversity may generate a feeling of alackofcommitmentto a national health service and ultimately a loss of social cohesion.
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This led to public anger at thelackofcommitmenton the part of these offices.
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Thus, its findings tended towards physical evidence of state failures, which were then construed as inefficiency and softness, rather than complicity andlackofcommitmentto the secular norm.
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Jackendoff argues that his architecture is more suitable for parsing and production because of itslackofcommitmentto a direction of information flow among levels of representation.
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Therefore, there is nolackofcommitmentby the board or by me.
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Alackofcommitmentto take part in the democratic process must lie far deeper than the structural deficiencies.
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It is nonsense to suggest that the fact that we have had only two meetings during the year demonstrates alackofcommitment.
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The reason for that is that they do not want further to expose themselves publicly about theirlackofcommitmentin relation to poverty pay.
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I hope that he will not add to it by alackofcommitmentto shipping freight services.
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There is no hint here oflackofcommitment.
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That certainly means that we cannot be accused of alackofcommitment.
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Sadly, there is still a minority of parents who fail their children through a sadlackofcommitment.
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The first wave of reforms (1989 - 92) collapsed because, inter alia, of the political parties'lackofcommitmentto democratic principles.
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The first reason simply reveals alackofcommitmentto the retributivist project.
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For example, the mediator may take the view that a party has demonstrated alackofcommitmentto the process of mediation.
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I do not see any evidence here of alackofcommitmentto investment.
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We shall pay dearly in money and health for thatlackofcommitmentto the basic infrastructure of public services.
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