systematic failure

collocation in English

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systematic
adjective
uk
/ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/us
/ˌsɪs.təˈmæt̬.ɪk/
according to an agreed set of methods or ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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Onlysystematicfailureto produce good consequences will show that a trait is not a virtue at all, or that it is a vice.
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The surveyors who did accompany the army, for example, often faced a "systematicfailureof observation" (80).
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The first requirement must involve rigorous testing of adaptationist hypotheses and asystematicfailure to find special design evidence for any of the hypothesized functions.
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For this to be the case in three different experiments would require asystematicfailureof the experiments to be what they appear, for some inherent reason.
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Suchsystematicfailurecannot be cured overnight, as is openly admitted, but steps could and should be taken.
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The method calls for asystematicfailuredata collection, management, analysis, and corrective action implementation.
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The report outlines serious and systematic failures in the care of children.
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The breaches were extremely serious as they involved longstanding and systematic failures in the conduct of broadcast competitions.
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Redundancy can also be applied in systems engineering by double checking requirements, data, designs, calculations, software and tests to overcome systematic failures.
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By running a large number of failures through the diagnostics process, called volume diagnostics, systematic failures can be identified.
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