lack of regard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandregard
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regard
noun[U]
uk/rɪˈɡɑːd/us/rɪˈɡɑːrd/
respect or admiration for someone ...
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His actions display his coollackofregardfor authority: he jaywalks, and 'gives the finger' to a taxi that threatens to run him over.
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Given the generallackofregardfor film posterity among early twentieth-century producers and distributors, their disregard for the film's posterity is unsurprising.
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I refer to the undue concentration on the recent past, and thelackofregardfor the more distant past.
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Perhaps they suspect theirlackofregardfor authority.
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That decision does not imply anylackofregardfor the needs of elderly people.
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Experience has shown that the existing powers have proved inadequate given local authorities'lackofregardfor the interests of their charge payers.
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The order shows alackofregardfor the review body and for heads, teachers and governors of our schools.
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There has, fear, been somelackofregardfor economy in the repairs and improvements authorised in this case.
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I do not think dictators destroy democracy as much as doeslackofregard, esteem and appreciation on the part of the outside public.
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This action reflects our objections to the basis upon which this directive was adopted, including thelackofregardfor relevant scientific evidence.
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Nor has there been any suggestion of alackofregardby the authorities for the needs of the area.
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There has been alackofregardfor technologies.
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Does not this situation show a seriouslackofregardfor grammar school education?
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We are concerned about thelackofregardto safety and health accompanying the increase in the number of private mineworkers.
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With some employers, it is ignorance of the law, but, with others, it islackofregardfor the law.
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That gives some indication of thelackofregardof the county for the national park.
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That must be some condemnation of thelackofregardfor parliamentary democracy which some of us feel is now under pressure.
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Such a system would attain undisputed superiority over the totalitarian systems, which fail in theirlackofregardfor the dignity and integrity of the individual.
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Throughout the length and breadth of the country there is a completelackofregardfor the police force, law and order and an organised society.
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One major flaw in the whole airport consultation process was thelackofregardto developing the railway network as an alternative transport infrastructure to the airport network.
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