significant limitation

collocation in English

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significant
adjective
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/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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limitation
noun
uk
/ˌlɪm.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌlɪm.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
the act of controlling and especially ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandlimitationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But asignificantlimitationof the collections is their small size.
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Asignificantlimitationof previous studies is their primary reliance on clinical samples of ill participants.
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Asignificantlimitationof these instruments is that none focused on the pediatric population.
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For aromatase inhibitors, this bone loss is likely to be the mostsignificantlimitationto their long-term use.
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Perhaps the most obvious andsignificantlimitationof the rounding model is that it is heavily skewed towards physician training.
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That is the mostsignificantlimitation.
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This finding is asignificantlimitationto the comparability and transferability of the results, which in turn restricts the value of such studies to decision-makers.
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A finalsignificantlimitationaffecting some investigations has been the lack of control for the co-morbidity between depression and medical illness.
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Although genotyping was not performed in the total isolates recovered, we do not think that this is asignificantlimitationin the present study.
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A secondsignificantlimitationto our earlier work is that we were insufficiently attentive to differences across institutions in levels of mass legitimacy.
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A moresignificantlimitationis that it is not obvious how to incorporate higherorder store, where a reference may hold a procedure or another reference as its contents.
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This was asignificantlimitationin their capabilities.
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System backpressures present asignificantlimitationto the chromatographer.
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By far, the mostsignificantlimitationof the power ring is the willpower of the wielder.
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Prior to that, asignificantlimitationhad been fresh water storage capacity on ships.
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The mostsignificantlimitationof this theory is its current lack of detail.
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A moresignificantlimitationcomes from plasma damage to low-k materials.
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Asignificantlimitationfor capacitance probes is in tall bins used for storing bulk solids.
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It could be asignificantlimitationfor people who have moved, perhaps to help the local authority, from an older, larger house to a new, small house.
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I foresee asignificantlimitationof power—quite apart from all the damage that would result from a fixed exchange rate, and from economic and monetary union.
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That the substrate must contain acidic hydrogens adjacent to the ether oxygen was asignificantlimitationof the original reaction.
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For large particles this is not asignificantlimitationbut for small particles it is a problem.
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Motion artifact can be asignificantlimitationto pulse oximetry monitoring resulting in frequent false alarms and loss of data.
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While this was not an issue with marine engines, it formed asignificantlimitationfor many land-based systems.
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Individuals with pes cavus frequently report foot pain, which can lead to asignificantlimitationin function.
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