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to be arrogant |
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‘They were rather arrogant towards the suppliers.’ |
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to be dishonest |
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‘The behaviour of one of the companies working on the project was somewhat dishonest.’ |
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to be disrespectful |
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‘The customer complained because he thought the sales assistant had been disrespectful.’ |
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to be impolite |
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‘It’s impolite to be late to a meeting.’ |
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to be lazy |
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‘He should have repaired the coffee machine last week, but he’s too lazy.’ |
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to be nasty |
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‘Some of the feedback comments we received were quite nasty.’ |
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to be pessimistic |
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‘I’m quite pessimistic we’ll be able to sell the division this year. I think it’ll take another 18 months at least.’ |
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to be rude |
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‘She was quite rude to the driver.’ |
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to be unfriendly |
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‘The shop staff were really unfriendly. I’ll shop elsewhere next time.’ |
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to be unhelpful |
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‘The sales assistant was particularly unhelpful. I won’t shop there again.’ |
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to be unreliable |
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‘Their prices are low, but the installation team isn’t very reliable.’ |
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to be untrustworthy |
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‘I don’t think he’s very trustworthy. I’d rather deliver the parcel myself.’ |
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arrogance |
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‘I think the root cause of the problem is arrogance on the part of the project management team.’ |
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dishonesty |
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‘We lost the contract as a result of his dishonesty.’ |
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disrespect |
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‘The lack of communication was interpreted as disrespect.’ |
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laziness |
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‘They displayed a certain degree of laziness in their approach to the project.’ |
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nastiness |
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‘The tone of the letter displayed a certain degree of nastiness.’ |
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pessimism |
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‘There’s a lot of pessimism among the team at the moment.’ |
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rudeness |
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‘I can’t stand rudeness.’ |
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