lack of focus

collocation in English

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focus
noun
uk
/ˈfəʊ.kəs/
us
/ˈfoʊ.kəs/
the main or central point of something, especially of attention ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandfocusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So many things are said to be interactive that the common usage of the term is suffering from alackoffocus.
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The respondents distinguished two mechanisms that contribute to thelackoffocusof pre-marketing trials on populations relevant to daily practice.
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Among students, there seemed to be a lack of clarity about strategy and alackoffocuson metacognitive strategies in particular.
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Other readers may find the book'slackoffocusunhelpful.
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The terms interactive and interactivity are broadly applied in the new media arts; however, the diversity of application has lead to alackoffocus.
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Thelackoffocuson this issue in the new networks is of concern.
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The usuallackoffocuson agency reinforces focus on the event and on its effect on the patient.
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Although the accusation of alackoffocuson technique is restated in this section of the report, the evidence on which this is based is unclear.
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The structural features of giving alternative replies and postponing replies give no problems since the protocol'slackoffocus, but turns of more than one move cannot be modelled.
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These very broad agendas - there were 19 items on our agenda for the foreign ministers' meeting - lead to alackoffocus.
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That is admirable, but the abundance of objectives suggests that there is still alackoffocusand of clear intention.
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This situation has caused political apathy and alackoffocuson the crucial issues facing our daily lives—in other words, bread-and-butter issues.
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I am concerned about thelackoffocuson the importance of raising basic benefits for pensioners and the poorest people.
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The third is thelackoffocuson their health and well-being.
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He stands accused of a "lackoffocus", "management by nagging"and assessment by"gossip".
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The public say to me that there is alackoffocus.
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This, as a matter of fact, is the report's greatest weakness: an apparentlackoffocusand considerable confusion.
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They become confused because of thelackoffocusor clarity.
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Unfortunately, it was rejected due to alackoffocuson building repair schemes.
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