lack of privacy

collocation in English

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privacy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈprɪv.ə.si/us
/ˈpraɪ.və.si/
someone's right to keep their personal matters and ...
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On the other hand, it has a cost in terms oflackofprivacyand the cost of physical and psychological accommodation.
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Moreover, the living conditions of urban factory workers-cramped quarters and alackofprivacy- discouraged workers on short-term contracts from bringing their spouses.
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But the convenience and relative cheapness of boarding houses did have one major drawback + an almost totallackofprivacy.
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Lackofprivacycan be a problem when the family have adopted an 'open-house' policy and other siblings, friends and their parents wander in and out at will.
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Most of the residents reported feeling nolackofprivacy(90%); most had a strong sense of belonging and ownership (90%) and most felt a high sense of security (96%).
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The shutters, provided due to client concern over thelackofprivacyfor office workers caused by full-length glazing, can be set in two possible positions.
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The remaining patients, despite problems withlackofprivacyand inadequate information, were satisfied that their operations had been performed according to the principles of day case surgery.
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Unlike married women, their opportunities to have intercourse are limited by alackofprivacy, by distance from their boyfriends' homes and the demands of work.
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But there are criticisms too, for example, of alackofprivacyfor local office callers, which officials will be seeking to put right.
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Helier hospital is poor, with problems of alackofprivacyand dignity on the wards, and of few toilets and bathrooms.
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I agree that the measure will give a certain degree of independence and will get round anylackofprivacythat we suffer.
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The smell, the noise, thelackofprivacy, the constant tension, and often the abject fear, are quite overwhelming.
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What bothered me most was the absolutelackofprivacy.
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I can confirm that impression because there is a general atmosphere of noise andlackofprivacyand a feeling of insecurity.
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There is also a scarcity of creature comforts and alackofprivacy.
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Above all, there is a greatlackofprivacyand quiet and an absence of proper catering and common room arrangements.
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Lack of space, lack of amenity andlackofprivacy—these were some of the main features to which they objected.
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Indeed, in many places, they have to wait in corridors, with the resultinglackofprivacy.
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However, surely a system could be devised that afforded some human dignity to individuals without a grosslackofprivacy.
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Woodward (1969) found that unmarried women attending a birth control clinic over a period of 2 years expressed concern over thelackofprivacyin the waiting room.
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