complete lack
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complete
adjective
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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The criterion used to define negative reactivity wascompletelackof fluorescence on the parasites.
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For eight subjects there is an almostcompletelackof data in the literature, which necessitates clinical research, including cost-effectiveness analysis.
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Overcrowding, together with poor sanitation, illiteracy and acompletelackof veterinary attention places this community at a high risk of acquiring zoonotic infections.
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Being identified with acompletelackof a difference, rationality at best remains a null hypothesis that has failed to be rejected.
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The previous assumption of direct continuity from prehistory was largely responsible for an almostcompletelackof excavation up until that time.
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But do each of those registers have their own standard forms (like thecompletelackof commas in legal texts)?
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Partly it had to do with organisational difficulties, as there was little centralisation and an almostcompletelackof any effective news service.
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Moreover, the council celebrated a 'completelackof rowdyism ' at their bottle-stores.
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After learning to read there is almost acompletelackof further instruction, resulting in adults being less efficient readers than they could be.
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Their almostcompletelackof implements in 1850 has been noted, but by 1914 investment was very heavy in relation to turnover.
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These scores run from 0 to 1.0, with a score of 0 signifyingcompletelackof membership in a particular group.
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Thecompletelackof evidence of traces of fire inside the chamber indicates that cremation took place outside the tombs.
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A check on chapter titles and indices in handbooks and textbooks reveal an almostcompletelackof reference to emotion.
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Even more disconcerting is the almostcompletelackof psychological services provided to depressed patients.
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Large areas of land, particularly forested lands, are of public ownership, but given an almostcompletelackof enforcement, they are in fact open access.
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Of course, common knowledge andcompletelackof knowledge of party types are endpoint cases.
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In addition, there is acompletelackof serious formal training in health economics.
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While the number of replicates was low, thecompletelackof agreement with theoretical predictions suggests that more replicates would not have altered the conclusions.
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