lack of will
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will
noun
uk/wɪl/us/wɪl/
the mental power used to control and direct your thoughts and actions, or a determination to do something, despite any difficulties ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandwillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Is the policy failure the product of alackofwillor a lack of means or both?
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The first sight of it was something of a shock, reminiscent of the dead regime's power and a lackofwillto move beyond the theatre's most generous patron.
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However, as has been said, there is alackofwill, content and means.
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The complexity of national administrations, the limited facility for transposition and, often, thelackofwillexacerbate things.
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There is nolackofwillto prosecute such cases.
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It does not imply anylackofwill.
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There is nolackofwillon the part of the nationalised industries' boards to operate successfully on behalf of the community.
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We have shown, wrongly and mistakenly perhaps, attitudes which could be taken as alackofwill.
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But willingness to talk and negotiate can be a weakness because it may be taken as alackofwill.
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But such cases as there may be of avoidable inefficiency orlackofwillto serve the nation's best interest must be dealt with.
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We should undertake that obligation without hindrance, embarrassment, diversion orlackofwill.
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One of the causes is not just the financial inducement but thelackofwillon the part of the authorities.
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Surely there is some slackness andlackofwillto meet the situation.
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There is a sourness in our national effort, because of thelackofwillbeing displayed in our production.
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I know of no evidence oflackofwillbecause they have been already and have reported positively.
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The failures have come from alackofwilland determination allied to the insidious doctrine of unripe time.
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There is nolackofwillon the part of these boroughs.
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What is the evidence for thelackofwill?
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Thelackofwilland the absence of any capacity to take risks have been saddest.
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I can only believe that there is in fact alackofwillto develop in this area.
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