Sentence examples for lack of elementary understanding from inspiring English sources

"America has displayed a shameful lack of elementary understanding of how the Middle East works," Meir Sheetrit, a member of the Hatnua faction, which has pressed for a permanent peace settlement with the Palestinians, said.

Given the lack of elementary trust, the new talks will be fragile.

Scotland was for centuries known for its illiteracy, poverty, and lack of elementary cleanliness.

Lack of elementary scientific credibility renders the Bible suspect.

"It would be hard to find a statement more antithetical to Christianity, or more lacking in the most elementary understanding of Jesus," said James Martin, SJ, Jesuit priest and author of Building a Bridge.

He could have delivered a series of policy speeches to prove that he has even an elementary understanding of major issues.

However, simple lack of awareness and understanding is currently probably the most elementary constraint (and possibly the easiest to solve).

This common background suffices for the elementary understanding of everyday life.

Nobody with an elementary understanding of finance should have approved them.

An elementary understanding of each culture makes the contrast crystal clear.

The two weren't completely helpless thanks to their time in Japan, but the intricate instructions were far beyond their elementary understanding of the language.