Detract
(verb)
Take away the value of.
Examples of Detract in the following topics:
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Physical Objects and Animations
- Ultimately, objects should enhance rather than detract from a presentation.
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Allocative Efficiency
- Optimal efficiency is higher in free markets, though reality always has some limitations and imperfections to detract from completely perfect allocative efficiency.
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Reading Challenging Texts
- Does this organization enhance or detract from the content and the author's goals?
- Does the use of the device(s) enhance or detract from the content and the author's goals?
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Noise as a Barrier to Communication
- Making stereotypical assumptions, such as unwittingly offending a non-Christian person by wishing them a "Merry Christmas," can also detract from communication.
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Precision
- Always using specific terms can overwhelm the reader and detract from your argument.
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The Conflict Perspective on Deviance
- In sociology, conflict theories are perspectives that emphasize the social, political, or material inequality of a social group, that critique the broad socio-political system, or that otherwise detract from structural functionalism and ideological conservativism.
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The Do's of Using Visual Aids
- Your visual aids should not detract from the content of your speech.
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The Don'ts of Using Visual Aids
- However, if visual aids do not help your message or are too confusing, they may actually detract from the presentation and hinder understanding.
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Painting in the High Renaissance
- While the figures are diverse and dynamic, nothing serves to detract from the painting as a whole.
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Profitability analyses (e.g. by customer, product, region)
- These unprofitable customers actually detract from overall firm profitability.