total absence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftotalandabsence
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total
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.təl/us/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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absence
noun
uk/ˈæb.səns/us/ˈæb.səns/
the fact of not being where you are usually expected ...
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(Definition oftotalandabsencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftotal absence
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However, in practice, we notice an almosttotalabsenceof development methodologies that integrate the whole lingware system life cycle.
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Nothing sets a stronger limit on the liberty of the citizen than atotalabsenceof money.
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The term unsupported zero indicates thetotalabsenceof an inflection or any other mark of plural.
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Perhaps the idea of a "phenomenal vacuum" or thetotalabsenceof conscious experience is equally difficult to accept.
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Relatively little could be accomplished in the course of the war itself to compensate for the almosttotalabsenceof such links previously.
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Peres concluded that this seasonal bottleneck in resource availability results in neartotalabsenceof ripe fruits for 3mo of the year.
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The almosttotalabsenceof voluntary annuitization is thus even more puzzling than it first appears.
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Thetotalabsenceof bound electrons in the fully ionized plasma is the reason attributed to the occurrence of the much higher charge state.
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This situation is characterised by thetotalabsenceof inter-ethnic open conflict, which however conceals perceptible tensions.
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No definite statement can be made in regard to the daily average on account of thetotalabsenceof any kind of regularity.
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There is atotalabsenceof public libraries in the rural areas.
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The first is thetotalabsenceof separate clothing for children or for adolescents.
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Although both a rigid routine and itstotalabsencecan create monotony, sheer boredom seems to have been medieval inmates' share.
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Only in deep coma, without any cortical activity, is theretotalabsenceof thought.
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Note that a 'natural zero' reflects atotalabsenceof whatever is being measured, and all scales start from this point independent of their unit.
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Totalabsenceof microbes resulted in zero germination, although the control treatment showed that just their presence was sufficient for low levels of germination.
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On the ' inferred ' variety, he complains about the 'totalabsenceof any pattern in the alleged miracles ' (56).
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In summary, there was an almosttotalabsenceof multiple-family households, the highest incidence recorded being that of 1870 at merely 1.0 per cent.
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The besttotalabsencepredictions were obtained with four to seven variables.
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