fundamental problem
collocation in Englishmeanings of fundamental and problem
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fundamental
adjective
uk/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
problem
noun [C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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Examples of fundamental problem
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A more fundamental problem is the assumption that, properly equipped with savvy and information, patients can make their way through the health care system.
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The fundamental problem is that critical values compiled under the random-walk null hypothesis are invalid in this case, even asymptotically.
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This suggests a more fundamental problem facing the grievance arguments, however they are elaborated.
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A fundamental problem for any adaptive system with a memory is: how should established representations be modified on the basis of experience?
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However, this does not overcome the fundamental problem of a small number of primary descent graph samples having very high weights associated with them.
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There is another fundamental problem with atomistic simulations (related to the relatively small system size).
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The fundamental problem lies in identifying structural variants with exact semantic equivalence.
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These studies indicate a fundamental problem when looking for differences between biotypes using a particular marker.
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The present study suggests that this type of multifunctionality is a fundamental problem to be solved by children during language acquisition.
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However, using probability theory threw up a major fundamental problem.
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Given the premises of the old order, their diminishing capacity to do so presents a fundamental problem to reformers.
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However, this finding is not a fundamental problem but dependent on the culture and prevalent incentives.
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This certainly is a difficulty, but in our view the fundamental problem with dispositionalism is that it is unmotivated.
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Figure 11 shows the fundamental problem behind answer confusability.
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Without this second injunction, one is left with the fundamental problem of explaining how the child ever manages to retreat from error.
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One fundamental problem in this royal match was the difficulty of conceiving a marriage between equals.
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This is the fundamental problem with a case study approach and attempting to generalise out of single cases.
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The fundamental problem is the failure to clarify and define the nurse's role in rehabilitation and its ' invisibility ' in the wider literature.
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