Translations for „cross-purposes“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

cross-ˈpur·poses N pl

to be talking at cross-purposes

govoriti drug mimo drugega

Usage examples with cross-purposes

to be talking at cross-purposes

govoriti drug mimo drugega

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Employees often work at cross-purposes when their goals, metrics and incentives are not aligned.

business.financialpost.com

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

www.startribune.com

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

foreignpolicy.com

This was a not-atypical case of the examiner and the agent arguing at cross-purposes.

patentlyo.com

You can see we are at cross-purposes with ourselves again.

www.catholicworldreport.com

So the salt detection mechanism and the sour detection mechanism are almost like they're talking at cross-purposes.

www.npr.org

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

en.wikipedia.org

People working at cross-purposes, and the subsequent efforts to correct the outcome.

www.theglobeandmail.com

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

www.networkcomputing.com

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

en.wikipedia.org