lack of competitiveness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandcompetitiveness
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competitiveness
noun[U]
uk/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv.nəs/us/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv.nəs/
the fact of being able to compete successfully with other companies, countries, ...
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But the absence of mineral resources, and therefore thelackofcompetitivenessin foreign markets, hindered industrial activities.
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The above could be the reason of thelackofcompetitivenessin many laboratories developing advanced techniques.
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We also need to tackle the problems of thelackofcompetitivenessand economic growth.
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Although they are put into those areas, they do not solve the problem, which is alackofcompetitiveness.
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Our country is losing out because of alackofcompetitiveness.
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Then there was the overmanning andlackofcompetitivenessin many companies.
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I agree that perhaps the principal cause of thelackofcompetitivenesshas been the appreciation of sterling.
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Inevitably, as the recession struck, unemployment rose, exacerbated by ourlackofcompetitiveness.
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It is easy for politicians to talk about alackofcompetitiveness.
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We can argue about why there is thislackofcompetitiveness, but that must be accepted as one of our basic failings.
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With thelackofcompetitivenessof our businesses, we are all reliant on the retail industry.
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Ourlackofcompetitivenessshowed itself in a relatively low standard of living.
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It is not evenlackofcompetitivenessor just the trade unions, although overmanning is our economic bane.
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That is a matter of shame and further proof of ourlackofcompetitiveness.
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He drew out some of the disadvantages of thelackofcompetitivenessin the process.
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It is not a case of their incompetence, lack of skill orlackofcompetitiveness.
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They are printing the graphs, for example, that demonstrate the loss of employment, thelackofcompetitiveness, the declining share of world trade.
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He has conveniently ignored the additional costs—and therefore the increasedlackofcompetitivenessfor coal burn—of retrofitting desulphurisation equipment in power stations.
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They are responsible for ourlackofcompetitivenessand for all the money that has flowed abroad in the last five years.
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That was the result of alackofcompetitivenessdue mainly to lack of investment in manufacturing.
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