Collocations withflaw
These are words often used in combination withflaw.
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basic flaw
Rather, its basic flaw is related to the value of autonomy.
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character flaw
The belief that depression was a character flaw was greater at baseline the longer the physician worked in the clinic (r= x0.24, p<0.03).
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design flaw
Instruction thus seems to have led many learners to overlook this design flaw in the pragmatics of the test items.
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fatal flaw
This is by no means a fatal flaw, i but it is a missed opportunity.
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fundamental flaw
These findings suggest a fundamental flaw in reduced-form inventory models where stocks are loosely rationalized by this motive.
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logical flaw
This intuitive appeal of the argument conceals but does not remove its basic logical flaw.
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major flaw
Lack of cultural competence is another major flaw in scholarship on youth of color.
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methodological flaw
However, the demonstration suffered from one methodological flaw.
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minor flaw
This, however, is a minor flaw in an otherwise lucidly written and carefully argued book.
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obvious flaw
There is an obvious flaw in those figures.
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only flaw
Its only flaw is that it saddles us with problematic truth-value assignments for these counterpossibles.
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perceived flaw
He is rather short, which causes him to have an inferiority complex; he goes to great lengths to disguise this perceived flaw.
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security flaw
That's about as serious as a security flaw can get.
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serious flaw
Methodologically, the most serious flaw of the book is the (mis)use of sources.
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structural flaw
The second structural flaw in broadcasting is at the very top of the authorities.
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technical flaw
Nevertheless, the leftist case suffered from a technical flaw which never crossed the minds of those who propounded it.
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tragic flaw
Some terms covered: abbreviation, burlesque, determiner, chapbook, documentary, epic, hexameter, kabuki, lacuna, paragram, proscenium, simile, tragic flaw, whodunit, zeugma.
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