Sentences with phrase «less than a bad one»

Working with guys like Antoine who know what it likes to be in a less than bad situation can convey that very easily on film.

More than an average one, less than a bad one.

There is nothing that large brands like less than bad PR; the better known you are, the more likely that any negative development that can be attached to your name will become media fodder.

We don't expect them to be anything less than bad boys out there.

If good customer service cost less than bad customer service, which would you choose.

Not exact matches

If you agree with Bannon and Yeh that going full on all the time isn't just unhealthy but also bad business, there is still the less than minor matter of actually banishing the guilt you feel when you switch off.

Companies often favor arbitration, because it can be less expensive than a public trial and can allow them to avoid bad publicity.

In his speech, Trump suggested that remaining in the agreement would cost the US economy «close to $ 3 trillion in lost GDP and 6.5 million industrial jobs, while households would have $ 7,000 less income, and in many cases, much worse than that.»

With liquidity levels poised to be less than normal, the probabilities suggest that this summer should be worse than normal.

«As well, yesterday's FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting was less dovish than expected as the Fed kept its policy forecasts unchanged despite clear deceleration in inflation and a couple of bad data points yesterday.»

If liquidity levels are less than normal, the probabilities suggest that this summer should also be worse than normal.

It's much easier than selling drugs or stealing cars and a lot less risky for the bad guys.»

For better or for worse, people often possess «less than ideal» character qualities or behaviors that make working with or for them intensely challenging.

Even worse, 3 % of our retail economy takes place online — less than half of that of the United States and one - eighth of the levels in the United Kingdom.

Chances are, the more melanin you have, the less likely you would show up as anything more attractive than a smudge, a muddy smirk — or worse, a lurking presence — as you hovered in the back row of the chess club photo.

When asked to complete a complex task, these strivers generally did worse than their less competitive peers.

Oxfam said that women workers were worst hit by global inequality as they consistently earn less than men and usually have lower paid and more insecure forms of work.

Since during this experiment I was without my phone for the weekend, I knew I had to find a way to still listen to music during my workouts, or I'd be unsatisfied — there's nothing worse than forgetting to bring your headphones to the gym, much less not having any music at all.

Now, the bad: iPhone sales grew less than 1 % over the same quarter a year earlier, the slowest year - over-year growth for the device ever.

While Google is selling Motorola for much less than it paid for it, the deal isn't as bad as it seems at first.

And if that weren't bad enough, the city's projected job growth falls short of the national average, so this could indicate a less - than - stable local economy over the next 10 years.

Unlike other generations, we found that Millennials tend to have less positive work experiences as they move up the ladder in an organization; Millennials in executive leadership roles not only reported lower scores than their Boomer and Gen X executive counterparts, they also fared worse than Millennials in front - line manager and department leader roles.

The worst case scenario is that the country will experience what economists call a «hard landing,» essentially a major slowdown in GDP growth, to less than 5 % or the approximate rate of inflation.

He changed the musical direction again on 2007's «Graduation,» and while it sold less than its predecessors, 2 million copies isn't exactly bad.

Less than a year later, after a bad quarter, the company cut off funding for most of the initiatives.

Though «the ECB has been under - purchasing Portuguese bonds,» he said, «it is likely to be relatively less badly - affected by the end of quantitative easing than others, such as Italy.»

It is nothing less than a case of craven political pandering at its worst.

And Face ID — which Apple touts as being less vulnerable to bad actors than its Touch ID fingerprint sensing — could be more secure than using a fingerprint sensor on a phone simply because such sensors tend to be so small that they require you to input several partial prints from the same finger.

When prom - related plans fail to be anything less than perfect — the prom group falling through, realizing your dress is all wrong the night before the dance, getting a date who doesn't understand what a «corsage» is — it can often seem a lot worse than it really is.

«I would rather invest in my employees than pay the cost of them returning exhausted and with less passion for their work, or worse, leaving us later for another company with better benefits,» she says.

Living in probably the only country in the world where guns remain less regulated than startups, many founders and small - to - medium - size (SMB) business owners probably anxiously awaited news of December's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, expecting the worst.

The bad: Total VC funding across all technology sectors was roughly 40 percent less than it was at the end of June» 08, with about $ 4 billion in funding received in the second quarter of 2009 versus $ 7 billion in Q2 2008.

As a result, the individuals in the condition with less friendly body language performed worse during the interview than the individuals in the friendly condition.

Not bad for a company that went public less than four months ago amid much fanfare.

What Beijing seems not to understand is that current pessimism about the Chinese economy has less to do with the recent spate of bad news than with the lack of reliable data on the Chinese economy and the opacity of Beijing's process of economic policymaking and its intentions.

While U.S. stocks plunged in their worst day in years on Monday, Apex said that across its 7.6 million accounts, there was 56 percent less activity among the so - called millennial age group than older investors.

I also need you to explain how «less - than - perfectly accurate» amounts to «worse - than - useless.»

Not bad for an app that nearly tanked less than a year after it launched, only to survive by the skin of its teeth with an app launch party that gained it the much - needed users that make it now one of Silicon Alley's hottest startups, and an incredibly viable competitor to Tinder.

Does it mean that the companies in the $ 5m + bucket are doing worse (or operating less efficiently) than the companies in the under - $ 5m bucket?

Admittedly, having bad credit may make it more difficult to get a traditional business loan, but it is still possible to obtain financing with less - than - stellar credit.

(Reuters)-- Shares of OnDeck Capital Inc (ONDK.N) soared on Tuesday after the online lender reported better - than - expected quarterly profit as it set aside less money for bad loans, and managed to keep costs lower.

«Worst in class»: Less than one in five Medibank customers would recommend the insurer, Morgan Stanley analysis reveals.

Bad loans as a share of their total portfolio remains low, at less than 2.5 percent, but economists believe the figure understates the problem because banks often extend the payment dates for problem debt.

Either you are making more or less than them and both can cause jealousy or bad feelings.

Let's think worst case — should the currency collapse in your home country... and should a bank run ensue... and should the government mandate that all banks then close for no less than a week... and should subsequent food shortages take place... and should no clean water be available... and should the electricity and heat not work... and should violent protests, riots, and widespread looting erupt...

«The cost to the economy at this time would be close to $ 3 trillion in lowered GDP and 6.5 million industrial jobs, while households would have $ 7,000 less income and in many cases, much worse than that.»

If the authorities are willing to engage in loss - making activities to achieve the GDP growth target, there are two relevant characteristics of an economy like China's that change the nature of the GDP measure: first, economic activity is much less affected by hard - budget constraints than it is in most other economies; and second, bad debt is much less likely to be written down.

Second, assume that the bad debt generated by the system (by which I mean the excess portion of any debt used to fund projects that add less value to the economy than the cost of the project) is not written down within the reporting period in which it was extended.

According to Vanguard, the worst bond market loss in history was less than one - sixth of the magnitude of the worst stock market losses.

«In a horrible, truly worst - case scenario, a high - quality bond index fund is still less risky over the course of a year than stocks are in one day,» says the investment adviser Allan Roth, founder of Wealth Logic in Colorado Springs, alluding to the 20 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index on Oct. 19, 1987.