lack of reserve
Example Sentences
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Their metal frame and heavy chassis and transmission combined with the lack of reserve buoyancy mean they sink quickly.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2020
While the rest of us waver and debate and hesitate, these guys pour everything into their instruments with no reservations — a lack of reserve that I needed to learn.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2012
Various factors—primarily occupational situations, physical condition, and lack of reserve training—operate to erode this force, and those considered useful, or trained, reserves constitute one-half or less of the group.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.
I have such a foolish lack of reserve, such a weak habit of confiding.
From Rudin by Garnett, Constance
A lack of reserve which ended in a secret contempt for each other's weaknesses.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
