Pronunciation: /wɜrk əˈɡɛnst/
noun A person's employment or occupation
A1 Eating too much junk food can work against your health.
A2 Procrastination can work against your academic success.
B1 Lack of communication can work against team cohesion.
B2 Negative attitudes in the workplace can work against employee morale.
C1 Lack of transparency can work against building trust within an organization.
C2 Corruption at the highest levels can work against the progress of a nation.
preposition A word that shows the relationship between a noun (work) and another word in the sentence (against)
A1 Eating too much junk food can work against your goal of losing weight.
A2 Not studying for the exam will work against your chances of passing.
B1 Poor communication can work against team productivity.
B2 Lack of sleep can work against your ability to concentrate.
C1 Negative thinking can work against your overall well-being.
C2 Ignoring feedback from colleagues can work against your professional development.
formal The new policies seem to work against the interests of the employees.
informal It feels like everything is working against me today.
slang The odds are totally working against us right now.
figurative Trying to reach our goal with limited resources is like working against the tide.
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