Definitions
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- adverb In an
uncooperative manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Using conditional probabilities, the expected utility of acting cooperatively exceeds the expected utility of acting uncooperatively.
Causal Decision Theory Weirich, Paul 2008
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However, each does better if he acts uncooperatively, no matter what the other does.
Causal Decision Theory Weirich, Paul 2008
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Dominance recommends acting uncooperatively, whereas expected utility computed with conditional probabilities recommends acting cooperatively.
Causal Decision Theory Weirich, Paul 2008
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Acting uncooperatively dominates acting cooperatively.
Causal Decision Theory Weirich, Paul 2008
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Larry Kramer, the 65-year-old AIDS activist who became notorious for shouting on "Nightline" and being arrested at the White House, is dying the way he has always exhorted others to die -- that is, furiously and uncooperatively.
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I like to illustrate my blogs and hate it when I finish a blog but can't post it for hours because Blogger's "Add Image" feature is behaving uncooperatively.
Archive 2006-12-03 2006
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I like to illustrate my blogs and hate it when I finish a blog but can't post it for hours because Blogger's "Add Image" feature is behaving uncooperatively.
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She gritted her teeth, and forced her dress back on, the fabric rolling and twisting uncooperatively as she wiggled.
The Killing Hour Gardner, Lisa 2003
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United Fruit found Guatemala's new and uncooperatively leftist government irksome.
Telling Flackery From Fakery: A Spinmeister's Elusive Career 1998
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The employees might consider the job demeaning and insignificant and might sabotage it by working slowly and uncooperatively or by refusing to follow the procedures.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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