lack of definition

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noun
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/ˌdef.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌdef.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/
a statement that explains the meaning of a word ...
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However, whilst it defines a number of concepts relevant to today's healthcare practice, there still appears to be alackofdefinitionof clinical governance.
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It is a useful instrument only if we accept itslackofdefinition, considering it fundamentally in two ways.
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This passage seems to be definitive testimony to the anthyphairetic definition of proportion, which resolved the embarrassing situation of thelackofdefinition.
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In contrast, the chapter on postmodernism is confusing, suffering from alackofdefinitionor focus.
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Moreover, because of thelackofdefinitionand conceptual clarity, the introductory chapters contain some strange assertions.
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If so, the seeminglackofdefinitionof several features in the sculpture would not be the result exclusively of erosion but due in par t to its unfinished state.
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What may seem to us a sign of emancipation, even a mark of progress, could also be viewed as obfuscation, a troublesome (if intriguing)lackofdefinition.
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In a meat sterilisation regulation there is alackofdefinitionof what constitutes a proper processor.
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There is only one thing worse than alackofdefinition, and that is a misleading and ambiguous one.
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There may be alackofdefinitionabout what is wanted.
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The report said that there is often alackofdefinitionabout consultation.
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Coming to details, we find that there is a very greatlackofdefinition.
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It is true, as he says, that there has been somelackofdefinitionof the chemical components of gas.
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The jungle is made up of alackofdefinitionof the institutions which we are using in industry.
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First, there is thelackofdefinitionof "significant harm" in clause 54.
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He said that the defect in the amendment is alackofdefinitionof life.
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Another point of concern is thelackofdefinitionon when the old fishing vessel register will close once the new one has been opened.
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One cannot have statutory provisions which are so elastic that they fail forlackofdefinition.
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In any walk of life—and broadcasters are no exception—uncertainty andlackofdefinitionpresent untold opportunities for the skilful and unscrupulous operator to exploit.
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Some misgivings have been expressed about thelackofdefinitionof the right to participate in the boards.
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What is entirely unsatisfactory, however, is thelackofdefinitionin the allocation of responsibilities.
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