nonconstructive

Examples of nonconstructive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Bankman-Fried: There are nonconstructive people on both sides of the aisle, and there are constructive people on both sides of the aisle. Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022 High inflation, supply-chain disruptions, nonconstructive partisan rhetoric in Washington, D.C. and a surge in the spread of the Delta variant led to a disappointing jobs report for September. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021 Constructive criticism differentiates itself from nonconstructive criticism in two ways: First, it is asked for. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 June 2021 Data from the Mayo Clinic indicates that excessive time spent on nonconstructive content on the screen has been associated with obesity, irregular sleep times and shorter sleep duration, behavior problems and loss of social skills among others. Ingrid Cotto, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2020 The pendulum swing to the Democratic party’s embrace of economically destructive, environmentally nonconstructive policy ideas has been rapid, to say the least. David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 28 Jan. 2020 There are many other fine military spouses coping in nonconstructive manners. Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019

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“Nonconstructive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconstructive. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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