structural weakness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstructuralandweakness
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structural
adjective
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the way in which parts of a system or object ...
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weakness
noun
uk/ˈwiːk.nəs/us/ˈwiːk.nəs/
the fact or state of not being strong ...
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(Definition ofstructuralandweaknessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He talked about astructuralweakness.
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It is astructuralweaknessproduced by the intervention system.
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There is astructuralweaknessin its economy.
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I repeat that there is nostructuralweakness.
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That will be perceived as astructuralweakness.
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What all these initiatives had in common, however, was theirstructuralweakness, their irregular appearance and their ultimately local scope and preoccupations.
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He states that he has not adopted it on account of itsstructuralweakness.
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No signs ofstructuralweaknesshas been shown by any of these ships.
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Most people are reaching the conclusion that we have a majorstructuralweakness.
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I do not blame the authorities for that; it is astructuralweakness.
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I have said that nostructuralweaknessis known to have developed.
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The prototype appeared in 1933 but suffered fromstructuralweakness.
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Among the findings was a claim ofstructuralweakness.
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It will be concentrated on the parts of the country with the most serious problems of unemployment andstructuralweakness.
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There is one greatstructuralweaknessin the car industry, and that is that it has not been rationalised.
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We must use this year and next to correct what has become a deep-seatedstructuralweakness.
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For an economy with thestructuralweaknessfrom which our economy regrettably suffers, we need a positive strategy for industrial recovery and investment.
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This matter is concerned with astructuralweaknessin the police pay scale which has been present for far to long.
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It will concentrate on those parts of the country with the most severe problems of persistently high unemployment andstructuralweakness.
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That is thestructuralweaknessthat we have in the system for all sorts of reasons, one of which could be the built environment.
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The problem which emerged was that production aircraft began to reveal a certainstructuralweakness.
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These, in turn, exacerbatestructuralweaknessin the domestic bank sector.
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The bankers demanded in 1910-1913 a central bank to address thisstructuralweakness.
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He concluded that she broke up due to undetectedstructuralweaknessor defect.
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In 1949, the tower was lowered to combat astructuralweakness.
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