lack of enthusiasm

collocation in English

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enthusiasm
noun
uk
/ɪnˈθjuː.zi.æz.əm/
us
/ɪnˈθuː.zi.æz.əm/
a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved ...
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There was alackofenthusiasm.
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In 1933 the executive appears not to have met for six months and postponed a mission owing tolackofenthusiasm.
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Patients who are depressed may lose the desire to eat, and when fed have alackofenthusiasmin eating.
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Such alackofenthusiasmin those so recently trained should be a cause of concern for all involved in this training.
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One was the tribesmen'slackofenthusiasmfor education of their children.
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Roberto's bare interior causes what seems to have been perceived as a 'duet failure', and we perhaps come a little closer to understanding early audiences'lackofenthusiasm.
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I share hislackofenthusiasmfor that word.
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There is not only ignorance, but alackofenthusiasm, to put it mildly, to consult those who could help.
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Indeed, it is thatlackofenthusiasmrather than the words he used which gave me the greatest encouragement.
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That does not show anylackofenthusiasmfor the concept.
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I undertook this study with a considerablelackofenthusiasm.
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I have been particularly perturbed by the apparentlackofenthusiasmfor the healthy economic climate which we are now enjoying.
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We could produce endless examples of thelackofenthusiasmand the lack of drive which is apparent in the negotiations.
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I am struck by thelackofenthusiasmfor both clause 13 and new clause 9.
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There appears to be a reluctance andlackofenthusiasmin the police and on the local council to pursue that course of action.
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My noble friend hoped that brevity on his part would not indicate anylackofenthusiasmfor his own amendment.
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There is alackofenthusiasmand real willingness to develop further education.
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It is essential to provide a domestic violence advocacy service to support complainants, overturn the system'slackofenthusiasmand drive the agencies forward.
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As far as local authorities in my area are concerned, the real bogy is not alackofenthusiasmfor promoting water or sewerage schemes.
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But the thing fizzled out forlackofenthusiasm.
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