failure of diplomacy
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffailureanddiplomacy
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failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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diplomacy
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈpləʊ.mə.si/us/dɪˈploʊ.mə.si/
the management of relationships ...
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(Definition offailureanddiplomacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is the very essence of thefailureofdiplomacy.
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After all, war represents afailureofdiplomacyand politics.
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There has, however, been afailureofdiplomacy.
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We are witnessing the most spectacularfailureofdiplomacyin my political lifetime.
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That has been largely because of a grossfailureofdiplomacy.
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I still believe that what we saw at that time was afailureofdiplomacy.
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There is nothing remotely exhilarating in thefailureofdiplomacyin circumstances such as those faced by our forces tonight.
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It would be a terrible indictment of thefailureofdiplomacyif we had to resort to other methods.
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To some extent, all other tools of international relations can be considered thefailureofdiplomacy.
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But it is easy to rationalise after the event; and there is nothing really gained by rationalising failure—and this was afailureofdiplomacy.
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