lack of action
idiom
: failure to act
The protesters criticized the administration's lack of action on many issues.
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For Republicans in competitive districts, who increasingly fret that the lack of action in Congress gives them few accomplishments to run on, a tax deal that fulfills some business priorities could be attractive.
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
Their lack of action is reinforced by multiple interest groups.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2011
For some students on campus, the lack of action from administrators was upsetting.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2024
The mothers were represented by one member of their nine-person group, Janelle Wood, who was disappointed in the district's lack of action to prevent the incident, and claimed one boy was taken to the police department and questioned without parental knowledge.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2024
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
Their lack of action is reinforced by multiple interest groups.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2011
For some students on campus, the lack of action from administrators was upsetting.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2024
The mothers were represented by one member of their nine-person group, Janelle Wood, who was disappointed in the district's lack of action to prevent the incident, and claimed one boy was taken to the police department and questioned without parental knowledge.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Lack of action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lack%20of%20action. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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