widespread failure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwidespreadandfailure
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widespread
adjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofwidespreadandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thewidespreadfailureto do so explains why most of the 16 presidents (elected between 1982 and 1995) who reversed themselves by embracing neoliberalism were politically unsuccessful.
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There has also been awidespreadfailureto realise the economic value of deer.
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Whatever the number of women involved, that leads towidespreadfailurein confidence in the programme.
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First we have thewidespreadfailureto work overtime, even in the most urgent war industries.
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We have not heard of anywidespreadfailureof prosecutions on that account.
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But while there iswidespreadfailureby some countries to enforce these it would be pointless to introduce additional measures.
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Was that because of thewidespreadfailureto recruit due to weaknesses in the scheme, with only 4,000 places being filled nationally?
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The first concern is obviously thewidespreadfailureof the bank to achieve its self-proclaimed over-arching priority of eliminating poverty.
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In 1914, a major drought had causedwidespreadfailureof crops.
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I do not believe that there is evidence of anywidespreadfailureon the part of the police to link up with clubs at an early stage about their concerns.
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He attributed thewidespreadfailureto recognize these achievements to a campaign of mystification and vilification in the printed media, asserting that 85% of newspapers were opposed to him.
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