lack of knowledge
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noun
uk/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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A user'slackofknowledgemay not only hinder search effectiveness but also lead the user to interact ineffectively with the system.
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The study showed that alackofknowledgewas the main reason for the nursing staff not to apply integrative methods into nursing care.
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Thelackofknowledgeand information was a recurrent theme.
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Theirlackofknowledgeand competence in commercial law, bankruptcy and insolvency procedures, made decision-making highly unpredictable.
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One of the reasons for this is ourlackofknowledgeabout transformation of a hand movement plan into joint movements.
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However, the computer will often oversimplify the measure because of itslackofknowledgeof context.
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Where we have a severelackofknowledge, however, is on the proximal processes involved in these person-environment correlations.
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During the last decade, many efforts have been made to fill thislackofknowledge.
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Lackofknowledgeand awareness in the carer may result in the carer perceiving that the patient has some control over the inappropriate behaviour.
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Arguably this depends less on the indeterminacy of the universe and more on a'slackofknowledge.
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The analysis presented here demonstrates thelackofknowledgeconcerning the ultrastructure of the excretory system of cercariae belonging to different taxonomic groups.
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Ignorance of law is alackofknowledgethat a law exists.
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Collaboration between agencies may be held back by mutuallackofknowledgeand differences in culture and priorities.
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Evidence is presented of poor recall of unstated meaning, concomitant with alackofknowledgeof the requisite schematic structure.
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The anxiety caused bylackofknowledgeand old wives' tales was noted, also the more positive attitudes, particularly of more highly educated women.
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They may, for example, have some sensitivity to their ownlackofknowledgeand to the adult's different knowledge status that enables satisfying their request.
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Thelackofknowledgeand research on the powerful contributes to mystifying their roles and therefore maintains their position of privilege in society.
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In the long run, debates and policy developments in this area are bedeviled by a simplelackofknowledge.
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The causes of suboptimal care were predominantly 'failure of organisation', 'lackofknowledge', 'failure to appreciate urgency', and 'lack of supervision'.
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