lack of evidence

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evidence
noun[U]
uk
/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/
us
/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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Lackofevidencein this regard cuts both ways, of course.
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Problems of replication aside, thelackofevidencesuggesting that host-associated populations may have arisen is, perhaps, surprising.
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Several reasons can be invoked to explain thelackofevidenceof reduced selection efficacy in the self-fertilizing species studied.
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She had resorted to the courts seeking her freedom (açao de liberdade), but this had g been denied because oflackofevidence.
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Thislackofevidencefor the use of skills formed the rationale for a study of the use of skills within the district nursing team.
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In truth, his efforts meet with alackofevidencein this period, too, which he fills with assumptions and insinuations.
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Many scholars also attribute thelackofevidencefor pollution havens to the relatively small role that pollution abatement costs have in firms' location decisions.
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However, because of the gaps in bereavement research in this area, there is alackofevidence-based direction for health professionals.
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Thislackofevidenceis a major hindrance toward immediate success of disease management.
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There is nolackofevidenceto support this view.
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The low variance may account for thelackofevidencein this study of an association between education and wellbeing.
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To summarize, currently there is alackofevidencefor mechanisms which could provide intrinsic, predetermined genetic and molecular regional differentation of the cortex.
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All such assessments have found significant questions concerning such screening, especially thelackofevidenceof health benefit.
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Thelackofevidencefor the model seriously undermines its interpretive use.
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It is widely recognized that widespread adoption of telemedicine has been slowed by alackofevidencedemonstrating its benefits (5;9).
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Alackofevidencehas resulted in the effectiveness of interventions being contested.
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Attempts to quantify either the violence or mortality have been stymied by alackofevidence.
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There is alackofevidenceto support many of the interventions we use and the interventions themselves are associated with high rates of complications.
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The completelackofevidenceof traces of fire inside the chamber indicates that cremation took place outside the tombs.
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Considerable methodological problems explain, in part, thelackofevidenceon these questions.
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