failure of imagination

collocation in English

meaningsoffailureandimagination

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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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imagination
noun
uk
/ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪˌmædʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the ability to form pictures in ...
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(Definition offailureandimaginationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffailure of imagination

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At present, there is a completefailureofimagination.
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What a totalfailureofimaginationthere is in this.
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It represents afailureofimaginationand of statesmanship.
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It is afailureofimaginationto allow that to continue.
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I still feel that there is a strategicfailureofimagination.
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So it was afailureofimaginationmore than a failure of intelligence.
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It is a different failure: it is afailureofimagination.
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It is afailureofimaginationon his part to advocate such things.
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I admit—has shown a lack of vision and afailureofimagination.
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That shows the essentialfailureofimaginationwhen need is not driven by the opportunity of profit.
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I have always felt that there has been a certainfailureofimaginationin the pro-compulsion camp.
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