Thesaurus / unproductive
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They became, in a sense, unproductive employees, and were summarily fired.
WHEN EVOLUTION IS INFECTIOUS - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENMOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFFSEPTEMBER 30, 2020NAUTILUSStrategic foresight offers an alternative to unproductive worry.
HOW TO PLAN YOUR LIFE DURING A PANDEMICAMY NORDRUMSEPTEMBER 26, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThat way, we are more likely to avoid previous mistakes, break unproductive patterns, and benefit from lessons learned.
IF WE WANT TO TRANSFORM AFRICAN ECONOMIES, WE MUST LOOK BEYOND RELYING ON GOVERNMENTSK.Y. AMOAKOAUGUST 6, 2020QUARTZMost of them are woefully unproductive, and tyrannize our offices.
HOW TO MAKE MEETINGS LESS TERRIBLE (EP. 389 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERMAY 28, 2020FREAKONOMICSSo if senior managers are calling them unproductive, we know we have a problem.
HOW TO MAKE MEETINGS LESS TERRIBLE (EP. 389 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERMAY 28, 2020FREAKONOMICSHe sat glum and thoughtful, his mind in unproductive travail, until the captain was announced.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIThe most unproductive part appeared to be the narrow strip that extends towards Cape Van Diemen.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGThe deposits received are not left unproductive, they are placed in funds, public or otherwise.
SOCIAL COMPTABILISM, CHEQUE AND CLEARING SERVICE & PROPOSED LAWERNEST SOLVAYThe fisheries were comparatively unproductive, and the potato crop failed.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANIt is in accordance with facts to call American professors, as a class, unproductive.
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCEVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO UNPRODUCTIVE
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