major deficiency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajoranddeficiency
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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deficiency
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that ...
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(Definition ofmajoranddeficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As drafted, clause 1(2) contains amajordeficiency, which raises a serious issue.
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The othermajordeficiencyof the new structure is that the responsibility goes upwards and not downwards.
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Parents do not receive sufficient mention or emphasis in this report, and that is itsmajordeficiency.
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I come to the secondmajordeficiencyin the system.
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Another, similarlymajordeficiencyis the geographical asymmetry in the distribution of the research framework programme funds.
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Onemajordeficiencyremains to be put right.
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Those gentlemen were also the sole trustees of the group's pension scheme, which now appears to have amajordeficiencyof assets.
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However, amajordeficiencyof the regulations is that they lack a specific enforcement mechanism.
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Furthermore, there is amajordeficiencyin manning.
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I now pass to the thirdmajordeficiency.
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Our thinking is still largely geared to the prevention of a fewmajordeficiencydiseases such as scurvy or rickets.
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Even given the alleged £1 billion or so extra which is being provided, that still leaves amajordeficiency.
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There is also amajordeficiencyin the package on green rates.
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The judgment throws up amajordeficiencyin the common fisheries arrangements as they are at the moment and as they relate to the treaty.
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The new scheme, however, also has amajordeficiencyin that it does not include those over 75 who are in receipt of rent and rate rebates.
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These inspectors visit the tunnel several times a month and report to the safety authority on a range of matters; nomajordeficiencyhas been reported.
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There is still within the package an uncertainty which is now amajordeficiency—namely, the future of the regional employment premium or a similar kind of labour subsidy.
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Is not that amajordeficiency?
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Amajordeficiencyis the necessity to specify by order each and every country from which we wish to prohibit imports on account of a disease there.
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