selectiveness

sɪˈlɛktɪvnəs
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Translation of selectiveness from English into Dutch

Noun

making choices

Rare
ability to choose or distinguish based on certain criteria
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selectiviteit kritische selectiviteit zorgvuldige selectie
  • Selectiveness helps her pick the best apples.Haar selectiviteit helpt haar de beste appels te kiezen.
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Examples of selectiveness in a sentence

  • The chef's selectiveness ensures only top ingredients are used.

Translations of "selectiveness" in Context ordered by category and frequency

selectiviteit

Then again there is a lot to be said against the alleged selectiveness of the aid measure.

Anderzijds kan veel aan de vermeende selectiviteit van de steunmaatregel worden afgedaan.

Reference has already been made to the danger of selectiveness in responding to violations of human rights.

Op het gevaar van selectiviteit bij het reageren op mensenrechtenschendingen is al gewezen.

Therefore I argue in favour of selectiveness.

Vandaar mijn pleidooi voor selectiviteit.

In addition, there are plenty of critical comments to be made on the reference framework and the associated selectiveness.

Ook aan het referentiekader en de daarmee verband houdende selectiviteit kan veel worden afgedaan.

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selectiveness: Examples and translations in context

It is nevertheless appropriate to verify whether this selectiveness is not justified by the nature and logic of the reference tax system.

Toch moet worden nagegaan of deze selectiviteit niet gerechtvaardigd wordt door de aard en de opzet van het betrokken belastingstelsel.

The selectiveness of banks and the conditions applied to loans have become more restrictive, partly on the basis of the new criteria for assessing creditworthiness.

De selectiviteit van de banken en de voorwaarden die aan leningen worden gesteld, zijn strenger geworden, mede op grond van de nieuwe criteria voor kredietbeoordeling.

Both left and right have a long tradition of selectiveness in their upholding of human rights, where a lack of human rights was particularly important as argument against political opponents.

Zowel links als rechts hebben een lange traditie van selectiviteit in hun verdediging van mensenrechten, waarbij een tekort aan mensenrechten vooral van belang was als argument tegen een politieke tegenstander.

Only authors who want to escape from lifelong monogamy along perverse, promiscuous or polygamous coordinates are alarmed: because of its selectiveness, romantic love cannot but be suspect in their eyes.

Alleen de auteurs die langs perverse, promiscue of polygame coördinaten aan de levenslange monogamie willen ontsnappen roken onraad: vanwege haar selectiviteit is verliefdheid in hun ogen verdacht.

As with the aid for renewal, we feel it is essential to maintain this aid unrestricted, to complement the former in specific aspects, which means improving safety, habitability, hygiene, working conditions, navigation and the quality and selectiveness of fishing.

In specifieke gevallen kunnen deze subsidies namelijk leiden tot verbetering van de veiligheid, de leefomstandigheden, de hygiëne, de arbeidsvoorwaarden, de navigatie, de kwaliteit en de selectiviteit van de visserij.

The selectiveness results firstly from the restriction of the measure in question to a single economic sector, i.e. the insurance sector, and secondly from its restriction within this sector to a particular type of policy (sub-sector).

Deze selectiviteit vloeit enerzijds voort uit het beperken van de betrokken maatregel tot een sector van de economie, het verzekeringsbedrijf, en anderzijds uit de beperking ervan, binnen deze sector, tot een bepaald soort overeenkomsten (deelsector).

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