Traducciones de „cross-purposes“ en el diccionario inglés » alemán

cross-ˈpur·poses SUST. pl.

to be talking at cross-purposes

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Ejemplos de uso en el diccionario PONS (revisados por la redacción)

to be [or talk] at cross purposes

sich acus. [unabsichtlich] missverstehen

to be talking at cross-purposes

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Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

There are times when standardizing offers great advantages, and other times when it will be working at cross-purposes to your objectives.

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A vote of non-confidence in our leadership would work at cross-purposes to our collective goals as a university well into the future.

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He said, in his experience, relationships could sour when the two functions are working at cross-purposes.

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Doubling up like this in canoes, fly anglers must not cast at cross-purposes, fouling their lines.

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It was a war of cross-purposes, and so doomed to perpetual escalation.

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Everyone working at cross-purposes, with everyone having the same goal in mind.

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Talk about an expensive political agenda that runs at cross-purposes to deficit reduction goals.

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Of course, combining shoes off indoors with running literally barefoot may be working to cross-purposes, if you track in toxins on your bare feet.

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In nearly every organization, public or private, stories abound of one department working at cross-purposes with another.

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This double appointment would ensure that the two roles could not work at cross-purposes.

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