basic flaw
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandflaw
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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flaw
noun[C]
uk/flɔː/us/flɑː/
a fault, mistake, or weakness, especially one that happens while something is being planned or made, or that causes something not to ...
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(Definition ofbasicandflawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rather, itsbasicflawis related to the value of autonomy.
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However, itsbasicflawdoes not lie in the methodological limits of statistical investigation.
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I believe that there is abasicflawin much of the reasoning which takes place.
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However, we must ask whether there is here abasicflaw.
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Thebasicflawin the system is that we are all bad at filling in forms.
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However hard one tried to improve the system one could not get rid of thebasicflaw.
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My calculations take account only of full-timers, disregarding thebasicflawin the statistics which exclude many part-time employees precisely because they are low-paid.
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That is thebasicflawin the legislation.
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It is thebasicflawin the situation with which we are concerned.
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Indeed, that point underlines thebasicflawof having a review of this kind at all.
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Lastly, that evil brings with it an even morebasicflawin the theory of the free market.
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That is abasicflawin its thinking, but it is a political and not an economic flaw.
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It does do useful work, but the way it was set up contains abasicflaw.
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Thebasicflawin the system has nothing to do with, whether redistribution should come early or late.
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There is abasicflawin the system.
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Anotherbasicflawin the licence is the difficulty in obtaining modifications within its 25-year term.
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There is no getting over thebasicflawwithout starting again from scratch.
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It is abasicflawin democracy.
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A furtherbasicflawwas that there was no provision during the election campaign for those opposed to the settlement to persuade others to their point of view.
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But there is onebasicflaw.
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