Sentence examples for downright destructive from inspiring English sources
Usually these "revelations" are of little more than passing interest, but they can sometimes be downright destructive.
More important, it's becoming increasingly clear that, from a shareholder's perspective, overpaid C.E.O.s aren't just expensive; they're downright destructive.
This offers a stark contrast to the inaction seen time and again at the UN climate talks, and the downright destructive action taking place in Asia.
Eleven teams have returned to the championship game to defend their title the next season, but a Super Bowl defeat can be downright destructive the following season.
Actively trying to control weight may be an effective tactic for some people, but for others it can be downright destructive.
But here's the thing: when these protests are fake, when they aim to merely usurp and simulate popular sentiment in a controlled and controllable way, when the point is simply to mimic what the other side is doing, it's downright destructive.
Rather than simplify the tax code, the nation's leaders instead made permanent a tax system that is complicated, unfair, and economically inefficient -- if not downright economically destructive.
It was downright self-destructive to my recovery.
These are the most visible symbol of the dated, destructive and downright silly system of selling timber on federal lands.The problem is simple.
In that campaign and again in his 1990 battle with Harvey Gantt, the black former mayor of Charlotte, Mr Helms set new standards for destructive and downright racist advertising.Mr Helms never got more than 55% of the vote in five election campaigns.
