underlying problem
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunderlyingandproblem
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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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(Definition ofunderlyingandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Once again the suspicion is that there is anunderlyingproblem, a lack of institutional space in which archaeological theory could flourish.
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Generally speaking, graphs provide a formal device for making structural properties of anunderlyingproblemexplicit.
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A broad range of investigations may have to be performed to identify theunderlyingproblem.
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Theunderlyingproblemis the unclear semantics of nested relations.
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Theunderlyingproblemis characterized by the calculation (or prediction) of the human performance measure in such a way as to accomplish a specified task.
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It was the interaction of his episodes and hisunderlyingproblemthat contributed to his impairment.
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This illustrates theunderlyingproblemwith adaptationist assessment of the evolution of behavioral patterns in humans.
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Below, we will derive explicit representations for such terms depending on the concrete form of theunderlyingproblem.
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Both may also arise from the sameunderlyingproblemof impaired conversion of the spiral arteries, and so are difficult to separate on a clinical basis.
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Anunderlyingproblemin linguistic theorizing comes from the fact that linguists are normally not "trained in methods for getting reliable data" (p. 4).
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After data discretization, linguistic terms can be used to describe the input and output parameters of theunderlyingproblem.
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And in this same vein, the cognitive nature of the metaphor only reflects theunderlyingproblemof the subject as process.
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Theunderlyingproblemin dealing with indigenous intellectual property is that there is often no clear lineage of ownership to the idea or resource.
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Here the difficulty may be avoided by going back to theunderlyingprobleminvolving three displacement components which are given by the three equilibrium equations.
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Oneunderlyingproblemmight be that studies are expected to be directly policy-relevant, and to come up rapidly with clear answers.
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Did the resulting policy fail to address theunderlyingproblemas well as some other alternative?
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On the one hand, there are disorders, such as autism, where theunderlyingproblemseems to lie in the presence of cognitive deficits for particular kinds of mental processes.
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The techniques covered in this paper can be employed in such systems by knowledge engineers, when theunderlyingproblemis formalized as a prediction of a continuous target attribute.
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