underlying weakness

collocation in English

meaningsofunderlyingandweakness

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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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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 ofunderlyingandweaknessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The way in which we deal with such matters shows that there is anunderlyingweaknessin our procedures.
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However, it is a symptom ofunderlyingweaknessif the answer is to threaten all and sundry.
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We recognised theunderlyingweaknessand the fact that it could not be remedied overnight.
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Studies have shown that the reasons are a combination of the strong pound, new business regulations and anunderlyingweaknessin science and technology.
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That is theunderlyingweaknessof the talks about devolution.
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Oil is the symptom rather than theunderlyingweakness.
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Therefore, whatever else the current pace of growth is doing to our economy, it is not solving theunderlyingweaknessof trade performance.
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We are all aware that one cause of theunderlyingweaknessof our industrial system has been a prolonged phase of under-investment.
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Is it not the case that the basic weakness of the currency was a result of the basic,underlyingweaknessof the economy?
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In that year there was superimposed on theunderlyingweaknessthe effects of too rapid an expansion of the economy during 1963.
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This is a symptom of theunderlyingweaknessof this country which is generally concealed.
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This reform would also help theunderlyingweaknessof many such bodies.
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National research and local experience shows that funding initiatives tied to current government priorities do little to address theunderlyingweaknessin the funding structure.
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Thatunderlyingweaknessin our industrial base, which the rest of the world recognises, makes us vulnerable to every new small wave that hits the monetary system.
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We can get by for a few more years on the temporary opiate of oil revenues, but theunderlyingweaknessof our economy causes the greatest problems.
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In the medium and long term, somehow we have to cure the deep-seated,underlyingweaknessof our balance-of-payments position, and this means securing an improvement in our exports performance.
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I should have thought that when one has added short-term weaknesses to a long-termunderlyingweakness one would need both a short-term and a long-term remedy.
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Herein lies theunderlyingweaknessof the ratio - not all asset returns are normally distributed.
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Thisunderlyingweaknesshas obscured the more serious points its author sought to make.
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While the cause of an aneurysm may be multifactorial, the end result is anunderlyingweaknessin the wall of the aorta at that location.
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