lack of productivity

collocation in English

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productivity
noun[U]
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/ˌprɒd.ʌkˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ˌproʊ.dəkˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandproductivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Note that thislackofproductivityis well predicted by the proposed interpretation of case features being based on the obliqueness hierarchy.
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However, this does not fully account for the observedlackofproductivity.
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Such alackofproductivitycould largely explain the affected subjects' scarcity of new past tense forms, especially in conjunction with any additional difficulties.
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In fact, thelackofproductivityand of a transparent semantic relationship to a word's parts is exactly what would be expected for the product of lexical rules.
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The increase of £300 is due to inefficiency andlackofproductivityin the trade.
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We assumed that the proposals would be built around that supposedlackofproductivity.
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He would not concede that in a competitive world it is any relativelackofproductivitythat spells the inevitability of long-term unemployment.
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Is he aware how desperate pensioners and those living on fixed incomes are feeling when they see thislackofproductivity?
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The trouble and thelackofproductivitylies mainly in the large labour employment areas of industry.
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We have both a lack of economic growth and alackofproductivity.
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Nor is there any question of alackofproductivity.
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It is not simply the lack of investment, thelackofproductivityand restrictive practices that have brought us to this present state of affairs.
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She said that it was closing down—this is what the firm told her—because of thelackofproductivity.
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I do not think that ought to be forgotten when these accusations oflackofproductivityare bandied, as they are, to and fro.
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I think some sort of figure should be given, based on thelackofproductivityin the industry.
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One suspects that a substantial proportion of the existing subsidy is paying for over-manning andlackofproductivity.
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We trust that it will continue, as we need such productivity improvements to make up for the sadlackofproductivityimprovements in past years.
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Unfortunately, most of them have disappeared for the simple reason that strikes andlackofproductivityhave driven them to the wall.
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That is not because oflackofproductivityin the workforce; they have improved productivity every year.
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A second is that we suffer from a continuinglackofproductivity, from restrictive practices, inefficiency and overmanning.
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He suggested, as every sensible person would agree, that all our problems flow fromlackofproductivity.
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I do not believe thatlackofproductivityand lack of exports depend on any slackening of individual effort.
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There is thelackofproductivity, the record of strikes and the constant propaganda that "profits" is a dirty word.
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