major limitation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandlimitation
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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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limitation
noun
uk/ˌlɪm.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌlɪm.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
the act of controlling and especially ...
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(Definition ofmajorandlimitationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But this highlights amajorlimitationof their approach.
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Non-response bias is amajorlimitationof the validity of the study.
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The use of retrospective rating is themajorlimitationof this study.
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Amajorlimitationof the proposed scheme arises owing to the requirement of high beam quality.
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Themajorlimitationof infinite logics is their difficult relationship with finite systems.
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A number of respondents highlighted the lack of information as amajorlimitation.
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The othermajorlimitationof cyclosporine i s its inability to prevent chronic transplant nephropathy.
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Multiple reinterventions is themajorlimitationin the treatment of young rheumatic patients.
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The small sample size was freely acknowledged as amajorlimitationof the study.
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The secondmajorlimitationis the crosssectional nature of the research design.
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However, it is argued that theirmajorlimitationis lack of responsiveness.
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Onemajorlimitationof the present study is that the haplotype structure at this locus has not yet been defined.
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Themajorlimitationof this study is the sample itself, a problem for any study of bilingual children.
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Amajorlimitationof our investigation was our inability to document norovirus infection in more bakery food handlers.
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However, themajorlimitationof this approach is that it did not solve the ramification problem properly.
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Our inability to identify patients at risk for sudden death is clearly amajorlimitationin improving late survival.
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Phosphorus is likely to be amajorlimitationfor using green manure in some lowland rice-growing environments.
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That is a prettymajorlimitation.
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This allows a well-replicated sampling on lianas per life form and species in a relatively uniform environment, amajorlimitationin highly diverse forests.
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As acknowledged by the authors, amajorlimitationof hemodynamic imaging techniques is their delayed and prolonged response in comparison with neuronal responses.
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In fact, the choice of outcome measures has been amajorlimitationof most of the randomized controlled trials included in this overview.
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Amajorlimitationis the number of statistical degrees of freedom, which is determined by the number of years of data less one.
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The finalmajorlimitationof this study is that the peer relationship variables were rather limited and were collected in different developmental eras.
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Amajorlimitationof these studies is that few have considered the help and support from the care-giver's family members.
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