The phrase "mostly counter" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to indicate that something is primarily opposing or contrasting, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "The feedback was mostly counter to our initial expectations, leading us to rethink our strategy."
Alternatives: "primarily opposing" or "largely contradictory."
Yum Brands said strong sales in its China and international divisions mostly countered the impact of higher costs, but net income edged lower to $231 million, from $232 million in the same period a year earlier.
When he was a tax officer, and saw that he could make no impact by working within the system, he started Parivartan; when Parivartan's small-scale fixes — mostly countering bribes demanded to settle electricity and billing disputes — left him unsatisfied, he campaigned for the Right to Information Act.
In a world where we can no longer contain threats and where force is mostly counter-productive, every agency of the U.S. government, from Justice to Agriculture to Commerce to the Census Bureau should be deployable overseas.
Israel is not alone in erecting barriers: fences exist or are being built or are planned along other countries' borders, mostly to counter illegal immigration and drug smuggling.
Despite Lambert's insistence beforehand that "the emphasis is on us to make the running", it was the Championship side who looked more at home, with Norwich restricted mostly to counter-attack mode.
Because seating is limited and mostly at counters along the wall or at the bar, dining in pairs is best, though larger parties can wait for a share of the sole counter-height communal table in the middle of the plain but not uninviting room.
After Trump's press conference on Tuesday, in which the President of the United States equated the mostly peaceful counter-protest with the Nazi-themed violence and Klan-style rhetoric of "the other side," I pulled out my audio recorder and listened to Zarth's words again.
As noted by Paul Craig Roberts, "the only major effect of closing out or netting all the swaps (mostly over-the-counter contracts between counter-parties) would be to take $230 trillion of leveraged risk out of the financial system".
"I work behind the counter, mostly".
(There is also a takeout counter, mostly for tacos. It is cheaper, which in the end may make you happier).
