lack of imagination
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandimagination
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imagination
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uk/ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ɪˌmædʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the ability to form pictures in ...
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Do they merely reflect alackofimaginationon our part?
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Now some translators could simply be accused of slavishly following the original, through ignorance orlackofimagination.
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The private sector has shown alackofimagination, which is not to say that all private care homes and nursing homes are bad.
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Or is it simplylackofimaginationand a so-called dash for freedom?
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Of these three points, the most serious is thelackofimaginationand urgency.
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I am not attacking anybody, except perhaps on the score oflackofimagination.
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He charged us with alackofimagination.
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One could not choose a more graphic example of industry'slackofimaginationand entrepreneurial skills.
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Theirlackofimaginationis shown up in their application of these old remedies.
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It was probably thelackofimaginationthat led to the policy of chaining women.
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There is a certainlackofimaginationin all this which is rather appalling.
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There seems to be alackofimaginationin the administration.
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That shows ourlackofimaginationto grasp what is happening in the world and how fast the world is moving.
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It seems to show a completelackofimagination.
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It showed absolutelackofimagination.
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Thelackofimaginationshown by many, including many friends of mine, on this subject is a matter of constant wonderment to me.
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It seems to me that there has been alackofimagination.
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There is so much cruelty and so muchlackofimaginationin all this, in addition to the snobberies which go with it.
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It seems to me that there is a certainlackofimaginationamong our people.
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Not to do it shows alackofimagination, and it islackofimaginationwhich one finds in a colony of this kind.
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