serious flaw
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousandflaw
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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flaw
noun[C]
uk/flɔː/us/flɑː/
a fault, mistake, or weakness, especially one that happens while something is being planned or made, or that causes something not to ...
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(Definition ofseriousandflawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Methodologically, the mostseriousflawof the book is the (mis)use of sources.
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Thus, the failure to consider a role for intonation and information structure in language acquisition is aseriousflawof the entire enterprise.
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Aseriousflawof the present approach is that most new guidelines are produced with the pretension that there are no other guidelines around.
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The title is slightly inaccurate, but that is not aseriousflaw.
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Aseriousflawof this book is the very sparse bibliographical information that it supplies.
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This verification style seems natural, but in practice it has aseriousflaw.
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This overall disregard for speaker attitudes is aseriousflaw.
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Notice, however, that our revised account is faced with aseriousflaw.
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We are still left with aseriousflaw.
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People want a chance to discuss the report, and the lack of debate is aseriousflawin the procedures that have been followed.
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That was the important andseriousflawin the argument.
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Theseriousflawof this report is that so much is factually disputed.
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I doubt whether that is a viable option, and that is aseriousflawin the whole scheme.
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It constitutes aseriousflawin the evacuation scheme which should be attended to.
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Does it not indicate that there is aseriousflawin the whole system of our nationalised indutries?
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It is a basic error in much of this report; it is a partial blindness which is aseriousflaw.
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As apprenticeship is an invaluable element in any practical professional training, this must be aseriousflawin any academic course.
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This is aseriousflawin the agreement.
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Theseriousflawin the argument is the basic assumption that we ever had sufficient forces to counter the then threat.
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