Until that sale is made and paid for, everything else — raw materials, tools, technology, labor, inventory, and so on — is nothing
but unreturned investment.
Not exact matches
But there is a difference between discreetly (or silently) deriving pleasure from someone's presence, on the one hand, and imposing one's desires on that person, especially if they're
unreturned or unwanted.
However, in the first case of the
unreturned gift, one could say that there always remains a hope for a reciprocal gesture, as there is in an eschatological reserve: there will always be self - sacrificing in this life,
but in hope of the eternal banquet.
An inquiry to Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who has, at times, provided crucial support to Moskowitz in Albany
but is now positioning himself for a possible campaign for the Democratic nomination in 2020 — went
unreturned.