Sentences with phrase «something underhanded»

This is not as bad as the first - instance judge's suggestion that D acted in bad faith (2010 QCCS 1550 at para. 52) but it does suggest that there was something underhanded about action D's attempt to avail herself of her statutory rights.

Frankly, I think the fact that even YOU can't come up with a motivation for Jones to be doing something underhanded really ought to tell you something.

Criser's post went on to suggest that there is actually something underhanded going on that actually robs the author and publisher, in that the vendors may actually be buying digital editions of books one time and then taking it upon themselves to have those books printed at print - on - demand services, although that suspicion has not been confirmed.

Important matters determined by the give and take of the closed door budget negotiations carries with it the taint of something underhanded.

Insinuations that just because something has changed over time that there is something underhand going on (as on that website) are unfounded and extremely lame.

Not exact matches

Considering how poorly so many basketball players continue to shoot from the free - throw line, it remains something of a mystery that more players haven't adopted the underhanded shot.

Comparing rates of severe morbidity is typically used as a marker instead, it isn't something uncommon or underhanded at all.

We had a hint that something like this would happen when Curtis and his crew start singing while trying to get their records played on the radio through underhanded dealings.

Higgins» author page has been restored to reflect that he is not associated with these underhanded files (calling them books at this point would be painful), and the speed with which that repair took place is something for which even critics can be grateful to the digital era.

But you might WANT to do something since institutions are amazingly mean (underhand) in their treatment of customers.

Of course publishers and developers might like lootboxes for just this reason, but cheating your customers while trying to convince them they're actually getting something great is just underhanded.

To be fair, it also strengthens the case, in my mind anyway, that «something» is happening, and it is to the GCM's credit that they needed to be tweaked, even if the tweaking was underhanded, to show this event.

At the same time, there's something unseemly and underhanded about a law firm secretly editing a competitor's profile to make the firm look bad.

Not for the first time, it is not clear whether the company's apology is prompted by a genuine recognition at having done something seen as questionable by many, or if the apology comes merely as a result of having been found to be acting in something of an underhand way.