apparent failure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofapparentandfailure
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apparent
adjective
uk/əˈpær.ənt/us/əˈper.ənt/
able to be seen ...
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failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofapparentandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One shortcoming of this work is the author'sapparentfailureto consult primary sources, including archival documents.
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I cannot accept the firm'sapparentfailureto accept unionism.
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Theapparentfailureof this procedure suggests that there may, in fact, be no solution to the problem in this limit.
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In the 1730s, when prosecution was more common but convictions rare, theapparentfailureof the courts had been reflected in vigilantism.
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The investigation of this recurrence focused on students in the animal science class and anapparentfailureto implement the previous recommendations.
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This failure also goes some way to explain, incidentally, theapparentfailureof the training boards.
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There is anapparentfailureby auditors and shareholders to exercise an effective check.
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Thirdly, there is anapparentfailureto understand the importance of municipal pride and enterprise.
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Evidence of cases ofapparentfailureto report adverse reactions is very rare.
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Prices are rising much more slowly in spite of theapparentfailureto control money supply.
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We find everywhere the disastrous effect of ourapparentfailure, or unwillingness, to govern.
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Too much blame is now being levelled at agriculture for thisapparentfailureof the talks.
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Criticism has been made of theapparentfailureto plan services in relation to the population.
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We have heard of theapparentfailureof the suspended sentence.
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There are of course other reasons for theapparentfailureof these agreements.
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Varied reasons have been given for thisapparentfailure, some official and some unofficial.
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They were highlighted in recent days by theapparentfailureof power supplies at the plant.
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The day ends inapparentfailure.
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One third of the cases involved a failure, or anapparentfailure, to pay workers correctly or on time.
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We cannot entirely blame him for theapparentfailureat the moment of the wages and incomes policy.
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While thisapparentfailurewas being counted we also saw the revival, as it seemed, of capitalism.
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Delays are caused because of the time taken by the agency caused by theapparentfailureof the computer system.
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Will he say a word or two about theapparentfailureof opencast operators to deal with the problem of ground water from opencast sites?
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The unfortunate gentleman who has to clear up all the mess will be criticised again and again for hisapparentfailureto produce the goods.
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What frightens me is theapparentfailureto grasp that this situation is getting steadily worse, and why it is getting steadily worse.
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