cross-purposes in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

cross-purposes in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cross-purposes in the English»French Dictionary

cross-purposes Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be (talking) at cross purposes
mal se comprendre
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This double appointment would ensure that the two roles could not work at cross-purposes.
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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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The plots are occasionally intricate and always farcical, involving coincidences, misunderstandings, cross-purposes and meetings both missed and accidental.
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People working at cross-purposes, and the subsequent efforts to correct the outcome.
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It was a war of cross-purposes, and so doomed to perpetual escalation.
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That's nothing if not an ambitious undertaking, especially since the causes of novelty and nostalgia are so often at cross-purposes.
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I found myself talking at cross-purposes with my interlocutors.
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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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Employees often work at cross-purposes when their goals, metrics and incentives are not aligned.
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