Related Words for lack of action

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ability
x/xx
Noun, Noun
absence
/x
Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absorption
x/x
Noun
accomplishment
x/xx
Noun
achievement
x/x
Noun
acidification
xxxx/x
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
actio
/xx
Noun
actionable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
actions
/x
Noun
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
activism
/xxx
Noun
activities
x/xx
Noun
acton
/x
Name
actuation
/x/x
Noun
additional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
adoption
x/x
Noun
adventure
x/x
Noun, Verb
aeration
/xx
Noun
agency
/xx
Noun
agenda
x/x
Noun
aggression
x/x
Noun
ambiguity
xx/xx
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
application
xx/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
are
/
Noun
arrangements
x/x
Noun
arrival
x/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
availability
xxx/xx
Noun
avoidance
x/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
behavior
x/x
Noun
behaviour
x/x
Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
biz
/
Noun
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
blitz
/
Noun, Verb
blockade
x/
Noun, Verb
blunder
/x
Noun, Verb
breach
/
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
busyness
//x
Noun
called
/
Adjective
camera
/xx
Noun
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
carrying out
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
centrifugation
x/x/x
Noun
change
/
Noun, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chromatography
xx/xx
Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clearance
/x
Noun
clotting
/x
Noun
clout
/
Noun, Verb
coagulation
x/x/x
Noun
cognizance
/xx
Noun
coherent
x/x
Adjective
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
commitment
x/x
Noun
complaint
x/
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
conceived
x/
Verb
condensation
xx/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confidence
/xx
Noun
conflict
/x
Noun, Verb
confusion
x/x
Noun
consequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
constraint
x/
Noun
consultation
xx/x
Noun
contingency
x/xx
Noun
continuation
xxx/x
Noun
continued
x/x
Adjective, Noun
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
contribution
xx/x
Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
convection
x/x
Noun
counterclaim
/xx
Noun, Verb
countermeasures
/xxx
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crackdown
/x
Noun
craving
/x
Noun
cultivate
/xx
Verb
curdling
/x
Noun
dare
/
Verb, Noun
dearth
/
Noun
decay
x/
Noun, Verb
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
deed
/
Noun, Verb
default
x/
Noun, Verb
defect
/x
Noun, Verb
defence
x/
Noun, Verb
defense
x/
Noun, Verb
deficiencies
x/xx
Noun
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
deficit
/xx
Noun
degree
x/
Noun
delivered
x/x
Adjective
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
denial
x/x
Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
deprive
x/
Verb
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
desorption
x/x
Noun
destitute
/xx
Adjective, Verb
determination
xxx/x
Noun
devoid
x/
Adjective, Verb
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
diffusion
x/x
Noun
discontinuity
xxx/xx
Noun
disinclination
xxx/x
Noun
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
disinterest
x/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
disposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
dispute
x/
Noun, Verb
disregard
xx/
Noun, Verb
disrespect
xx/
Noun, Verb
dissolution
xx/x
Noun
distillation
xx/x
Noun
distrust
x/
Noun, Verb
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
drift
/
Noun, Verb
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
duty
/x
Noun
economy
x/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effervescence
xx/x
Noun
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
electrophoresis
xxxxxx
Noun
emphasizing
/xxx
Noun
employment
x/x
Noun
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
enactment
x/x
Noun
encirclement
x/xx
Noun
endeavour
x/x
Noun, Verb
energy
/xx
Noun
enforcement
x/x
Noun
engagement
x/x
Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
equities
/xx
Noun
eruption
x/x
Noun
establishment
x/xx
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
ew
/
Name
exciting
x/x
Adjective, Noun
exclude
x/
Verb
execution
xx/x
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extinction
x/x
Noun
extraction
x/x
Noun
fact
/
Noun
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
famine
/x
Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fault
/
Noun, Verb
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feedback
/x
Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
filtration
x/x
Noun
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
flocculation
/x/x
Noun
flow
/
Noun, Verb
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
followed
/x
Verb
force
/
Noun, Verb
formalized
/xx
Adjective
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
found
/
Verb, Noun
fractionation
/x/x
Noun
freedom
/x
Noun
function
/x
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
generalised
/xx
Adjective
generalized
/xxx
Adjective
geste
/
Noun
gesture
/x
Noun, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
guarantees
xx/
Noun, Verb
handling
/x
Noun
hardening
/xx
Noun
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
hire
/x
Verb, Noun
holding
/x
Noun
hostility
x/xx
Noun
ignition
x/x
Noun
ignorance
/xx
Noun
immunodeficiency
xxxx/xx
Noun
impairment
x/x
Noun
implementation
xxx/x
Noun
impossibility
xxx/xx
Noun
inability
xx/xx
Noun
inaccuracy
x/xxx
Noun
inaction
x/x
Noun
inactivity
xx/xx
Noun
inadequacy
x/xxx
Noun
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
incapacity
xx/xx
Noun
incoherence
xx/x
Noun
incompetence
x/xx
Noun
incomplete
xx/
Adjective, Noun
inconsistency
xx/xx
Noun
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
indifference
x/xx
Noun
induction
x/x
Noun
ineffectiveness
xx/xx
Noun
inequality
xx/xx
Noun
influence
/xx
Noun, Verb
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
input
/x
Noun, Verb
insecurity
xx/xx
Noun
insensitivity
xxx/xx
Noun
instruction
x/x
Noun
insufficiency
xx/xx
Noun
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
integrative
/xxx
Adjective
interaction
xx/x
Noun
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
interference
xx/x
Noun, Verb
intervention
xx/x
Noun
involvement
x/x
Noun
ionization
xxx/x
Noun
isomorphic
xx/x
Adjective
job
/
Noun, Verb
judgments
/x
Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kindness
/x
Noun
knowledge
/x
Noun, Verb
labor
/x
Noun, Verb
labour
/x
Noun, Verb
lacked
/
Verb
lacuna
x/x
Noun
lakh
x
Noun
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
lawsuit
/x
Noun
leach
/
Name, Verb
legal action
/x/x
Name, Name
less
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
limitation
xx/x
Noun
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
litigation
xx/x
Noun
loophole
/x
Noun, Verb
loss
/
Noun, Verb
lost
/
Adjective
lot
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
luck
/
Noun, Verb
luster
/x
Noun, Verb
magnetization
xxx/x
Noun
manner
/x
Noun
manoeuvre
x/
Noun, Verb
map
/
Noun, Verb
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
means
/
Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
measurement
/xx
Noun
metrics
/x
Noun
minas
/x
Noun
mine
/
Noun, Verb
minus
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
misapprehension
xxx/x
Noun
misconception
xx/x
Noun
misconduct
x/x
Noun, Verb
misinterpretation
xxxx/x
Noun
miss
/
Name, Verb
mistake
x/
Noun, Verb
mistrust
x/
Noun, Verb
misunderstanding
xxx/x
Noun
mobilisation
xxx/x
Noun
mobilization
xxx/x
Noun
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
monitoring
/xxx
Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
motion
/x
Noun, Verb
mounted
/x
Adjective
move
/
Verb, Noun
movement
/x
Noun
movie
/x
Noun
natural selection
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
nav
/
Noun, Verb
need
/
Verb, Noun
neglect
x/
Noun, Verb
negligence
/xx
Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
none
/
Noun, Adverb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
note
/
Noun, Verb
nuclear reaction
/xxx/x
Name, Name
offence
x/
Noun
omission
x/x
Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
operating
/xxx
Adjective
operation
xx/x
Noun
operational
xx/xx
Adjective
opposition
xx/x
Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
organization
xxx/x
Noun
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
oscillation
xx/x
Noun
outreach
/x
Noun, Verb
oxygenation
/xx/x
Noun
packed
/
Adjective
paucity
/xx
Noun
penury
/xx
Noun
performance
x/x
Noun
petition
x/x
Noun, Verb
pick
/
Verb, Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
plan
/
Noun, Verb
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
poa
/x
Name
police action
x//x
Phrase, Noun
policies
/xx
Noun
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
practical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
practice
/x
Noun, Verb
precession of the equinoxes
x/x/x/xxx
Phrase, Noun
presence
/x
Noun, Verb
pression
/x
Noun
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
procedure
x/x
Noun
proceeding
x/x
Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
programme
/x
Noun, Verb
project
/x
Noun, Verb
promotion
x/x
Noun
pronounced
x/
Adjective
prosecution
xx/x
Noun
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
raids
/
Noun
rarity
/xx
Noun
reaction
x/x
Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recourse
/x
Noun, Verb
redress
x/
Noun, Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
refusal
x/x
Noun
release
x/
Noun, Verb
reliance
x/x
Noun
reluctance
x/x
Noun
remedies
/xx
Noun
require
x/x
Verb
requisite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
resistance
x/x
Noun
resort
x/
Noun, Verb
response
x/
Noun
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
road
/
Noun, Adjective
role
/
Noun
ruling
/x
Noun, Adjective
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
safeguards
/x
Noun
sally
/x
Name, Verb
sanction
/x
Noun, Verb
saving
/x
Noun, Adjective
scarcity
/xx
Noun
scattering
/xx
Noun
scheme
/
Noun, Verb
selection
x/x
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
share
/
Noun, Verb
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shortage
/x
Noun
shortcoming
/xx
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
shortness
/x
Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
soak
/
Verb, Noun
softening
/xx
Noun
solidification
x/xx/x
Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sorption
/x
Noun
sortie
/x
Noun, Verb
speech
/
Noun, Verb
speed
/
Noun, Verb
stagnation
x/x
Noun
standing
/x
Noun, Adjective
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
step
/
Noun, Verb
stimulation
xx/x
Noun
stock
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
strike
/
Noun, Verb
stringency
/xx
Noun
struggle
/x
Noun, Verb
succession
x/x
Noun
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
suit
/
Noun, Verb
suite
/
Noun
surgery
/xx
Noun
survival
x/x
Noun
survival of the fittest
x/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
suspense
x/
Noun, Adjective
swing
/
Noun, Verb
synergism
/xxx
Noun
synergy
/xx
Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
task
/
Noun, Verb
test case
//
Phrase, Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
thrust
/
Noun, Verb
tightness
/x
Noun
trade
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
transduction
x/x
Noun
transpiration
xx/x
Noun
unavailability
xxxx/xx
Noun
unawareness
xx/x
Noun
uncertainty
x/xx
Noun
underemployment
xxx/x
Noun
undertake
/xx
Verb, Noun
unevenness
x/xx
Noun
unfamiliarity
xxx/xx
Noun
unified
/xx
Adjective
unitary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
unlimited
x/xx
Adjective
unsatisfactory
xxx/xx
Adjective
unwillingness
x/xx
Noun
use
/
Noun, Verb
vacuum
/x
Noun, Verb
verb
/
Noun, Verb
vitrification
/xx/x
Noun
void
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
want
/
Verb, Noun
war
/
Noun, Verb
warfare
/x
Noun, Verb
washing
/x
Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
weakness
/x
Noun
without
x/
Adverb
work
/
Noun, Verb
wrestling
/x
Noun
zero
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb