missing ingredient

collocation in English

meaningsofmissingandingredient

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missing
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪs.ɪŋ/us
/ˈmɪs.ɪŋ/
Someone who is missing ...
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ingredient
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈɡriː.di.ənt/us
/ɪnˈɡriː.di.ənt/
a food that is used with other foods in the preparation of a ...
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(Definition ofmissingandingredientfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The keymissingingredientthat blocked the consummation of these efforts was that civil rights had not yet reached the top of the national political agenda.
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Themissingingredientis that we have hardly any ethnic minorities of immigrants.
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As we begin to restructure our rail services, let us fill in the one vitalmissingingredient—a keen and motivated work force.
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The onlymissingingredientis confidence.
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Themissingingredientin the debate is the failure to acknowledge that the system we have is simply not working.
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Amissingingredientin the great debate has been an international perspective.
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It concerns themissingingredientin the clause stand part debate.
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Themissingingredientseems to be confidence.
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Is not themissingingredientin this debate the role of the parents?
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They are the vitalmissingingredientin the planning system.
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There is, however, amissingingredientthat must not be overlooked.
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The voluntary agencies can plug the gap between now and perhaps the very early weeks of next year; but the vitalmissingingredientis a cessation of hostilities.
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It seems that the vitalmissingingredientis a proper unitary authority, with power to consider the whole picture, which will take appropriate action without fear or favour.
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They begin doing tests to try to find themissingingredientthat will make their potion work.
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Themissingingredientof the connection, apart from linearity, is "covariance".
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However, there are eigenfunction expansions that fail to converge in a suitable sense to a square-integrable function: themissingingredient, which ensures convergence, is completeness.
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We believe the missing ingredients are character, morality and common sense.
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The missing ingredients were conviction, controversy and a point of view.
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From there, the many waves of immigrants brought some of their typical dishes, replacing missing ingredients with local equivalents.
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A few theoretical physicists have argued that classical physics is intrinsically incapable of explaining the holistic aspects of consciousness, but that quantum theory may provide the missing ingredients.
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