lack of initiative
lack enterprise

If I hadn't taken it you'd have talked about lack of initiative.

But then, she reminded herself, lack of initiative had never been her problem.

He ought not to risk losing it through lack of initiative.

He'd been forced into doing it by the captain's lack of initiative.

"Which I think shows a shameful lack of initiative on his part."

But this does not justify failure to act or lack of initiative at Union level.

On the one hand, anything like a lack of initiative or enterprise would be disastrous.

The lack of initiative may be particularly detrimental in modern warfare.

Perhaps there is a lack of initiatives and the least-favoured areas do not know how to develop.

There is, of course, a price for all the benefits: a lack of initiative.

He said he now regrets his lack of initiative then.

Otherwise Eragian might have taken offense at the man's lack of initiative.

Satan was no fool; therefore his lack of initiative must have been deliberate.

Whether that was due to their lack of initiative or to their orders, we don't know.

Lack of initiative is only one symptom of the true problem, Sir.

Why does the greatest newspaper on earth perpetuate such an embarrassing lack of initiative?

That night, however, he regretted his lack of initiative, and the next morning he tried to find her.

In this context, the Bush administration's lack of initiative is inexplicable and unconscionable.

Nobody would ever accuse him of failing through lack of initiative.

"We see a complete lack of initiative by the Cambodian Government on their commitments," he said.

Hoom, for all his mildness and lack of initiative, was a good provider.

Arena quite properly criticized his players, including Keller, for mental mistakes and a lack of initiative.

Jim bit his lip, suddenly aware that not having asked the little man this question demonstrated a lack of initiative on his part.

Then suddenly all of them acted, walking quickly as if to atone for their lack of initiative.

They were almost childlike in their naivete and lack of initiative, thought the Vulcan.