The phrase "a failure to acknowledge" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the lack of recognition or acceptance of something, often in formal or analytical contexts.
Example: "The report highlights a failure to acknowledge the significant contributions of the team members in the project's success."
Alternatives: "an inability to recognize" or "a neglect to accept".
The longstanding impact of a failure to acknowledge a problem cannot be overstated.
But the emphasis given to animals' suffering in war highlights a failure to acknowledge the suffering of human beings.
A failure to acknowledge and address Western slights, as perceived by Putin, led to a breakdown in communication that has left Russia isolated and unpredictable.
Anderson and Lebiere attribute the shortcomings of our parallel-distributed processing framework to a failure to acknowledge a symbolic level of thought.
No doubt some people will see this analysis as an elitist insult to the general public, a failure to acknowledge or understand the circumstances that nurture such contempt.
"I'm a painter; that's what I do," he said in his Brooklyn studio, adding that a failure to acknowledge this properly was ultimately the result of ignorance.
While we acknowledge that connectionist models still have many limitations, we nevertheless feel that this does not arise from any failure to acknowledge a symbolic level of thought.
Was getting drunk the result of his inability to mourn, a Freudian failure to acknowledge the reality of loss?
More seriously there is a disingenuous failure to acknowledge basic truths about the relationship between care costs and quality.
The movement to recall Persky is an expression of outrage, not just about one case but about a broader failure to acknowledge violence against young women and about the class and race privilege afforded to white male defendants.
Since the feminist movement itself stems from a global failure to acknowledge the broader inclusion of women, it is only just that we realize the wider implications of these "women's issues".
