cost of inaction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcostandinaction
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cost
noun
uk/kɒst/us/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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inaction
noun[U]
uk/ɪnˈæk.ʃən/us/ɪnˈæk.ʃən/
failure to do anything that might provide a solution to ...
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(Definition ofcostandinactionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thecostofinactionhad reached its highest level.
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However, thecostofinactionwill greatly exceed the cost of the mitigation measures required.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
So we must consider thecostofinaction!
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Firstly, the fact that thecostofinactioncan be higher than the cost of a prevention policy.
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Of course, in many cases, thecostofinactionwill be the biggest burden of all—bankruptcy.
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The court noted that necessity is a utilitarian defense, meaning that it applies where the harm caused by the defendant's actions outweighs the societalcostofinaction.
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It should be obvious that it is also impossible to estimate the costs of inaction—costs which will inevitably be very substantial.
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I suggest that it is the costs of inaction that cannot be justified.
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Too many political leaders still gave far more attention to the obvious costs of action than to the concealed costs of inaction.
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By raising awareness of the costs of inaction, we will have an opportunity to focus political opinion on the need for unprecedented action to halt the loss of biodiversity.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The costs of inaction are great, whether it be in humanitarian terms, in lost trade opportunities or in just seeing hostility gathering momentum and eventually affecting our own region.
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For example, its environmental reports have reported the fiscal costs of inaction in reforming policy.
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