lack of urgency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandurgency
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urgency
noun[U]
uk/ˈɜː.dʒən.si/us/ˈɝː.dʒən.si/
the quality of being very important and needing ...
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Thelackofurgencymay have come from the spirit of the times.
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This was because of an understandablelackofurgencythat resulted from a policy that had existed on paper for so long.
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Why is there this regrettablelackofurgency?
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There is an appallinglackofurgencyand almost a lack of awareness.
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There is nolackofurgency.
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We would be guilty of showing alackofurgencyif we did not arrange to debate this matter tomorrow.
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Why is there such alackofurgencyabout this matter?
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My party feel that alackofurgencyis shown by the avoidance of any indication of definite legislation on many of these points.
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The discussion so far has rather disappointed me because of the sense oflackofurgencywhich it evinced.
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However, making plans betrays alackofurgency.
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I must confess that thelackofurgencyis one of the things that strikes one most.
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There are problems of waste disposal which are as yet totally unresolved and there has been alackofurgencyin seeking to resolve them.
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His statement today shows complacency, self-satisfaction andlackofurgencyin getting to grips with the problem.
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I find it very difficult to comprehend why there is thislackofurgencyabout the plight of the textile industry.
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To the general charge of complacency andlackofurgencywe add particular indictments.
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Does this show alackofurgencyand interest?
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It seems to me that there is alackofurgency.
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Thislackofurgencyis entirely misplaced.
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This seems to me to indicate somelackofurgency.
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I was particularly concerned about what appeared to be alackofurgencyin the introduction of these changes.
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