Usually means: Working towards conflicting goals unintentionally.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word at cross purposes:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. at cross-purposes: Merriam-Webster
  2. at cross purposes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. at cross-purposes, at cross-purposes: Collins English Dictionary
  4. at cross purposes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. at cross-purposes: Wiktionary
  6. at cross-purposes, at cross purposes: Dictionary.com
  7. at cross-purposes: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. at cross purposes: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. at cross-purposes, at cross purposes: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. at cross-purposes, at cross purposes: Idioms


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