acute sensitivity

collocation in English

meaningsofacuteandsensitivity

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acute
adjective
uk
/əˈkjuːt/us
/əˈkjuːt/
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems ...
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sensitivity
noun
uk
/ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind ...
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(Definition ofacuteandsensitivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In these circumstances, there wasacutesensitivityto the signification of value in claims about mind.
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Negotiating around differences of economic need and wealth demandedacutesensitivity.
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Theacutesensitivityto outside noise was exploited by those using public insult to shame an adversary.
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Acutesensitivitywas replaced by an almost brutal insensitivity.
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This impressionist miniature once again reveals heracutesensitivity.
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But he will recognise theacutesensitivityon this issue in the docks, which have been suffering from a generation—in fact, a century—of casual labour.
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At the heart of the collection is anacutesensitivityto the body: hurt, aroused, desired, ignored.
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But with an agenda covering so many subjects, some of them ofacutesensitivity, the discussions could easily have gone the way of so many international discussions over the years.
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As a composer he has written mainly works for chamber ensembles, and his music displays anacutesensitivityto instrumental balance and timbre.
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His style is characterized by delicate writing for the voice,acutesensitivityto the text and the use of false relations between the major and minor modes.
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Some animals, such as amphibians with their semi-permeable skin and linkages to wetlands, have anacutesensitivityto environmental harm and thus may serve as a "miner's canary".
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