unbusinesslike

Example Sentences

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In July, state auditor Rob Sand said Iowa’s system for reporting test results was rife with “illegal and unbusinesslike practices, inefficiencies, and apparently pointless risks.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2020

For Max, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, self-aggrandizement would be — unbusinesslike.

From Nature • Jan. 20, 2015

The family has built the quack makers into a substantial business via some decidedly unbusinesslike practices.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2012

If you are immune to that kind of thing, or you think it somehow weak, pretentious, artsy-fartsy or unbusinesslike, then there are enough functional objects in the market for you.

From Time • Apr. 1, 2010

He was grossly ignorant of the elements of mechanics, he was unbusinesslike in his management of correspondence, and he was rude to customers without being impressive.

From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian