"cross-purpose" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Attested (in the plural form) since the 1660s, originally meaning ‘contradictory intentions.’",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cross-purposes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "cross-purposes"
        },
        {
          "word": "at cross-purposes"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We are working at cross-purposes here, if you're trying to reduce the count and I'm trying to increase it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ],
        [
          "conflicting",
          "conflicting"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ],
        [
          "unintentional",
          "unintentional"
        ],
        [
          "misconceive",
          "misconceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cross purpose"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "naam⁴ jyun⁴ bak¹ cit³",
          "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
          "word": "南轅北轍 /南辕北辙"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
          "word": "ristiriita"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "cross-purpose"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cross-purposes"
    },
    {
      "word": "at cross-purposes"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested (in the plural form) since the 1660s, originally meaning ‘contradictory intentions.’",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cross-purposes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        {
          "text": "We are working at cross-purposes here, if you're trying to reduce the count and I'm trying to increase it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ],
        [
          "conflicting",
          "conflicting"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ],
        [
          "unintentional",
          "unintentional"
        ],
        [
          "misconceive",
          "misconceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cross purpose"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "naam⁴ jyun⁴ bak¹ cit³",
      "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
      "word": "南轅北轍 /南辕北辙"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
      "word": "ristiriita"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-purpose"
}