noncooperative

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Recent Examples of noncooperative Dolphins that partnered with fishers also experienced a 13 percent boost in survival, compared with noncooperative ones, most likely because of the animals spending the majority of their time in the lagoon. Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2023 Cooperative birds' cheating rate averaged around 12 percent, while noncooperative birds around 23 percent. Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2010 The staff remembers him as mild, withdrawn, clearly smart, but also steadfastly noncooperative. New York Times, 26 July 2022 The disclosures would also extend to activities in jurisdictions that are on the EU’s list of noncooperative jurisdictions. Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021 My research in bioethics focuses on questions like how to induce those who are noncooperative to get on board with doing what’s best for the public good. Parker Crutchfield, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2020
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Adjective
  • July 1, 2024 The trial is paused indefinitely as several defence attorneys complain that Judge Ural Glanville held improper private meetings with prosecutors and an uncooperative witness.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Sexism And Verbal Aggression Likely To Increase Women in corporate leadership can expect to be on the receiving end of more aggressive, uncooperative communication from some men.
    Corinne Post, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • To better prepare an incoming President replacing a recalcitrant one, Republicans and Democrats in Congress in 2022 passed the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Just as most sectors of white-collar management have proved more recalcitrant to de-skilling than manual labor, so too the intellectual work of the art historian and critic has taken somewhat longer to de-skill than its avant-garde counterparts.15 But for Buchloh, that moment has come.
    Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Attempting to model the interaction between a protein with thousands of atoms and a drug-like molecule with hundreds of atoms quickly becomes intractable, exceeding the computing power of even the most advanced computing clouds.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • While some political theorists blame alarmist and misleading rhetoric for this dilemma, others opine that the ultimate culprit that threatens American democracy is the electorate’s seemingly intractable polarization.
    Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • At any point, a willingness to be both selfish and disobedient would have saved her.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In this view, disobedient journalists, scientific experts, officials, and judges are the enemy.
    Pippa Norris, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2021
Adjective
  • The Trump campaign had come back to Butler to stage its own retaliation, an over-the-top reminder that its candidate was defiant in the face of death, and possibly preordained for the Presidency.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Despite the legal case, a defiant Musk posted the latest winner in his $1m giveaway on X this morning.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Featuring bodies stacked like cords of wood and a bloated S.S. guard dangling from an iron hook, the spread was an obstreperous incursion among the kind of fashion and perfume ads that Miller had once shot or appeared in.
    Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Rachelle and Matthew had told me that Zac had become obstreperous and even menacing toward them, but Howells mentioned several incidents of physical aggression.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Tired of the toxic culture within the group, Veronica teams up with her rebellious new boyfriend, J.D. (played by Christian Slater), and things quickly spiral out of control as their plot to take down the Heathers turns deadly.
    Jane LaCroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Her funny dynamics with her siblings were more than relatable with Justin (David Henrie) as the smart, trustworthy kind of uptight eldest sibling, Alex, as the middle child with a rebellious spirit, and Max (Jake T. Austin) as the funny and a bit dumb younger brother.
    Stephanie Andrade, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • No attorneys could cite an instance when a wayward wastewater operator ever faced the prospect of incarceration.
    Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In the same vein, wayward vines are nipped, and emerging roots thrust deep into the ground, in hopes of harnessing every last nutrient for the potential champion.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024

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“Noncooperative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncooperative. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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