lack of familiarity

collocation in English

meaningsofandfamiliarity

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withlack.
lack-of
See more at
familiarity
noun[U]
uk
/fəˌmɪl.iˈær.ə.ti/us
/fəˌmɪl.iˈer.ə.t̬i/
a good knowledge of something, or the fact that you know it ...
See more atfamiliarity

(Definition oflack-ofandfamiliarityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflack of familiarity

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
This indicates that deficiencies in the environment will be compounded by alackoffamiliarity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There was alackoffamiliaritywith the purpose of day hospital attendance amongst general practitioners.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Lackoffamiliaritywith the stimuli appeared to have a greater influence on the naming performance of the reading-age controls.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, poor performance was likely due tolackoffamiliaritywith the idioms, inability to recognize key prosodic cues, or both.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This attitudinal obstacle is deeply connected with a major practical obstacle:lackoffamiliaritywith the birds.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Like so many volumes which try to present a multi-faith approach, it suffers from alackoffamiliaritywith all too many of the faiths it wishes to cover.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A problem with many of the papers is the apparentlackoffamiliaritywith some excellent work done on the same phenomenon in other language families.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is an argument aboutlackoffamiliaritywith the system, particularly among elderly people.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thatlackoffamiliaritywith leading edge equipment necessitates a period of remedial education by industry once employment starts.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They includelackoffamiliaritywith the problems faced by the asylum seekers and the absence of specialised help.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Moreover, an independent review would take longer because oflackoffamiliarity.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These new instruments are exciting, but we have to be sure that many people are not prevented from taking part in the programmes because of theirlackoffamiliarity.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
However, it does matter if the journey takes 15 or 20 minutes longer than it should because of the driver'slackoffamiliaritywith the local street map.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This had a decided effect on the first days work, due tolackoffamiliaritywith the terrain.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Prue displays the ability to astrally project across vast distances, regardless of herlackoffamiliaritywith the location she is projecting to.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Underdiagnosis may reflectlackoffamiliarityof this syndrome in the scientific and medical community.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Also,lackoffamiliarity(increased social distance) can affect discrimination involving stereotypes, empathy levels, and peoples willingness to help this person.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Many contemporaries and historians have doubted his suitability for this command, given hislackoffamiliaritywith naval aviation.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition of
Go to the definition offamiliarity
See other collocations withlack