The phrase "against the competitive" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express opposition to competitive practices or behaviors, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The new policy was implemented to act against the competitive tactics used by rival companies."
Alternatives: "against competition" or "opposed to competitive practices".
"It runs against the competitive nature every athlete has, that nature that everything is about winning," Stanton told Gammons.
His argument would certainly apply as much against the competitive victimology of some Muslim and anti-Israeli rhetoric.
Even Mexican regulators recognized that the Telmex restriction was obsolete and actually worked against the competitive business environment that they had hoped to create.
THE THROGGS NECK GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE feeds players to the local high school teams, and holds its own against the competitive clubs from Westchester County.
How does the cost-effectiveness of Britain's "socialized medicine" stack up against the competitive but heavily regulated private system of Switzerland?
Strategy can be viewed as building defenses against the competitive forces or as finding a position in an industry where the forces are weaker.
In many ways, Ms. Oberfelder's wild approach to "Social Dances" is a reaction against her view of the competitive ballroom dancing scene.
Naturally, workers are pitted against one another by the competitive framework and the need to struggle ever faster in order to "pull one's weight".
As Lamont makes clear there can be less obvious triggers, not least the knock-on effects of a "bravado culture" where the relationship between "us against the world" competitive aggression and normal life starts to curdle.
The idea, which followed a similar suggestion from UBS last week, was that the two could present a united front against the growing competitive threat from BT, down 3.9p at 379.5p.
The studio also invests in products that will help them measure their own success against the broader competitive landscape.
