obvious deficiency

collocation in English

meaningsofobviousanddeficiency

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obvious
adjective
uk
/ˈɒb.vi.əs/us
/ˈɑːb.vi.əs/
easy to see, recognize, ...
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deficiency
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us
/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that ...
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(Definition ofobviousanddeficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was oneobviousdeficiencyabout the proposal, apart from the hardship aspect.
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Has she in mind any particular measure to cope with thisobviousdeficiencyin our teaching methods?
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I would like to know what is planned to remedy this fairlyobviousdeficiency.
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The secondobviousdeficiencyin the service is that until recently there has been no manpower planning or thinking about manpower planning in this country at all.
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Possibly the most glaring andobviousdeficiencyof limited liability companies in this country is the concept that capital and labour are ranged against each other on two sides.
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The few women accounted as poor marriage partners because of obvious deficiencies have entered into temporary, non-marital, childbearing unions.
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There are obvious deficiencies in the road map put forward by the regime.
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One of the obvious deficiencies of the common agricultural policy is the slackness of the financial control which has for so long accompanied it.
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He has not even attempted to correct any of the obvious deficiencies that became apparent during last year's debate.
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One of the obvious deficiencies in most public libraries and in many which are otherwise very good is the out-of-date, inadequate, disappointing condition of the reference sections.
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