dereliction of duty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofderelictionandduty
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dereliction
noun
uk/ˌder.əˈlɪk.ʃən/us/ˌder.əˈlɪk.ʃən/
(a) failure to do what you ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofderelictionanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If officials had no reasons to follow the rules, why would the public criticize them for theirderelictionofduty?
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But to desist from these truly vital questions would appear to us asderelictionofduty.
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This was widely perceived as a grossderelictionofduty.
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There was now no sound defence for forgetting duties for rules had been made public, and a failure to turn up was itself aderelictionofduty.
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I am convinced he was never even guilty of the smallestderelictionofduty.
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In my view it amounts to aderelictionofdutyin this case.
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The court does not suggest that there was anyderelictionofdutyby any individual during this period.
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It would be aderelictionofdutyif we did not do that.
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If he did not, it was aderelictionofduty.
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It is almost aderelictionofdutyfor him not to have looked at the research.
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This obviously is a clearderelictionofduty.
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They believe that the security forces, even when guilty ofderelictionofduty, receive the benefit of the doubt.
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To do less would be aderelictionofduty.
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It would be aderelictionofdutynot to try to do so.
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If they did, they would rightly be accused of a gravederelictionofduty.
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That was not in any way fromderelictionofduty.
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When can we have some action on that grossderelictionofdutyon the part of the drug companies?
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But, at any rate, there was no gravederelictionofdutyin what happened.
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There must have been aderelictionofdutyon one, two, three, four, five and six years.
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If they did not discuss that matter, it was a grossderelictionofduty.
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