Sentence examples similar to Unproductive items from inspiring English sources
"Discuss expansion strategy" would be a murky and perhaps unproductive agenda item; "Decide whether to open a Tampa office" can guide the conversation much more clearly.
Congress's stated reason for changing the sports tax law now, in addition to raising taxes, is to end argument between owners and the I.R.S. "The committee believes expending taxpayer and government resources disputing these items is an unproductive use of economic resources," the House report on the legislation says.
It comprises a three-factor structure that differentiates neutrally valenced and coping-oriented contemplation (reflection, five items) from passive and unproductive focus on problems and unachieved goals (brooding, five items) and depressive symptoms that are similar to BDI items (depression, 12 items) [ 35].
We did not also consider problematic an infit mean square between 1.5 and 2.0, because the item or person is "unproductive for construction of measurement, but not degrading" (Linacre 2013, p. 266).
To ensure that they are not seen to be unproductive or over budget, audit staff avoid awkward looking items and often pretend to have checked items that have not even been examined.
Second, people who want to make a one-off donation to a charity shop should be able to add gift aid there and then, ending the need for unproductive letters telling people how much the item was sold for.
And less adversarial systems to deal with malpractice claims free European doctors from a major cost item while giving them less incentive to practice unproductive defensive medicine.
At what point does our advice become unproductive interference?
It becomes very unproductive".
Set pieces were unproductive.
