lack of action
idiom
: failure to act
The protesters criticized the administration's lack of action on many issues.
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The lack of action or will to curb this has led some researchers to seriously propose planetary-scale geoengineering schemes.
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Kostiantyn Liberov / Getty ImagesUkrainians have expressed frustration at a lack of action to punish the Kremlin for continuing to strike its cities.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
Partly because of a lack of action elsewhere, with the two main stadiums empty, Tsitsipas’ match against France’s Alexandre Müller became one of the places to be at Flushing Meadows yesterday.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
But in spite of the governor’s lack of action and unwillingness to work with Republicans, my colleagues and I are introducing a bill to save $663 million, and not a single person’s tax bill will go up.
—Barbara Kirkmeyer, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Kostiantyn Liberov / Getty ImagesUkrainians have expressed frustration at a lack of action to punish the Kremlin for continuing to strike its cities.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
Partly because of a lack of action elsewhere, with the two main stadiums empty, Tsitsipas’ match against France’s Alexandre Müller became one of the places to be at Flushing Meadows yesterday.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
But in spite of the governor’s lack of action and unwillingness to work with Republicans, my colleagues and I are introducing a bill to save $663 million, and not a single person’s tax bill will go up.
—Barbara Kirkmeyer, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Lack of action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lack%20of%20action. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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