relative failure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeandfailure
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relative
adjective
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Arelativefailureto attend to semantic organization may result in deficits in learning and memory.
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Hypercortisolism and therelativefailureto suppress with an overnight dose of dexamethasone are frequently seen.
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Absence of proper maintenance during the second season was the main reason for therelativefailureof two sites.
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Therelativefailurein this respect has been stunning.
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How can therelativefailureof our industry be redressed?
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Everybody knows that that scheme is arelativefailure.
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One of the reasons for itsrelativefailure—one must regard £7 million asrelativefailure—has been the lack of information to both employers and employees.
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That is therelativefailureof our industry to be more productive.
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Indeed, it is the almost imperceptible consequences of ourrelativefailurethat is such a danger.
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Lastly, the same, rather worryingly, applies to therelativefailureof forestry aid schemes in agriculture.
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Therefore, it cannot be exclusion from that market which has caused ourrelativefailure.
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Our unsatisfactory economic performance since the war, reflects ourrelativefailureto deal with industrial problems.
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After many years ofrelativefailure, that is a great disappointment to all of us.
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I think that therelativefailureof our machine tool industry could provide some useful lessons.
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Indeed, it is a question which goes to the heart of ourrelativefailureover the past four decades.
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One reason why this measure has been proposed is therelativefailureof the loan guarantee scheme.
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There was also therelativefailureof the private sector to develop, although there were a number of shining exceptions.
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Prison numbers are partly a function of therelativefailureof community sentences and of their enforcement.
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It shows our lag in improvement of productivity and therefore improvement in competitiveness, and our continuingrelativefailureto compete.
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The schools will have fewer resources and a narrower range of subject options and, as a result, theirrelativefailurewill be reinforced.
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But what is the real reason for itsrelativefailureto take even a substantial step towards the solution of these great problems?
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Therelativefailureof the boycott precipitated his being voted out as president.
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There was also arelativefailureof the office-service sector to expand to fill the gaps left by the decline of the dock-related and manufacturing employment.
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That kind of getting close to that own space or musical personality but its stillrelativefailurein our book.
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