synonyms - Is there any difference between unproductive and . . . Being unproductive implies that something could have been productive but no action was taken Nonproductive implies that something was unsuccessfully trying to be productive John was unproductive and sat around all day watching movies John spent three nonproductive hours trying to write a novel
Whats the word for undoing progress? I realize that technically speaking, from the first sentence of the question's use of the word progress, regressive is correct, however the question also specified wasting time and gave the example of unproductive, leading me to assume the asker of this question is referring to progress on a project or something work-related
What is a non productive syntactic structure? It isn’t true that idioms have a non-productive syntactic structure An idiom is an expression that can be understood only as a whole, and not by interpreting each of its parts
Simple Past vs. Present Perfect: was vs. has been Possible Duplicate: ldquo;Did it close rdquo; vs ldquo;Has it closed rdquo;? As a English non-native speaker it is difficult for me to understand when I must use present perfect or past simple
What is the origin of the expression A Mexican standoff? A “Mexican standoff,” in this light, is called “Mexican” because it is pointless, inconclusive and unproductive, not because it has any actual connection to Mexico (The Word Detective) Early usage examples: 1876 March 19, F Harvey Smith, “Mexican Stand-Off”, in Sunday Mercury, New York, page 2 col 5: “Go-!” said he sternly then
meaning - simply, merely and only - Are they interchageable in . . . While what the people being referred to may be being unproductive, they haven't done anything harmful They are merely wasting their time This is the real tricky one, as its connotation could go both ways It is all about context and inflection of the speaker for this word, which is why it can be very hard to tell what is meant in written text
Term for group of guys attempting to show who is alpha? The choice of form can ease its pairing with additional clarification (i e "the meeting was derailed by Susan and Greg competing for authority" or "the meeting became an unproductive competition of egos ")
Origin of for the birds (Trivial; worthless; only of interest to . . . Isaiah 18:4 For this is what the Lord has told me: “I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest ” 18:5 For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will