Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
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By-product
Synonyms for "by-product" (35 found)
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Related words (17)
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58 translations across 28 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- страничен ефект noun (side effect)
- страничен продукт noun (secondary product)
Catalan
1 entries- subproducte noun (side effect)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 副产品 noun (secondary product)
- 副作用 noun (side effect)
Dutch
4 entries- afvalproduct noun (secondary product)
- bijproduct noun (secondary product)
- bijverschijnsel noun (side effect)
- neveneffect noun (side effect)
Finnish
3 entries- sivutuote noun (secondary product)
- sivutuote noun (side effect)
- sivuvaikutus noun (side effect)
French
4 entries- co-produit noun (secondary product)
- produit dérivé noun (secondary product)
- sous-produit noun (secondary product)
- sous-produit noun (side effect)
Georgian
3 entries- თანაპროდუქტი noun (secondary product)
- თანმდევი პროდუქტი noun (secondary product)
- მეორადი პროდუქტი noun (secondary product)
German
4 entries- Beiprodukt noun (secondary product)
- Nachprodukt noun (secondary product)
- Nebenprodukt noun (secondary product)
- Nebenwirkung noun (side effect)
Greek
3 entries- παρενέργεια noun (side effect)
- υποπροϊόν noun (secondary product)
- υποπροϊόν noun (side effect)
Hebrew
1 entries- תוצר לוואי noun (side effect)
Icelandic
1 entries- aukaafurð noun (secondary product)
Italian
2 entries- effetto collaterale noun (side effect)
- sottoprodotto noun (secondary product)
Japanese
1 entries- 副産物 noun (secondary product)
Macedonian
2 entries- нуспојава noun (side effect)
- нуспроизвод noun (secondary product)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- biprodukt noun (secondary product)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- biprodukt noun (secondary product)
Polish
3 entries- efekt uboczny noun (side effect)
- produkt uboczny noun (secondary product)
- skutek uboczny noun (side effect)
Portuguese
2 entries- subproduto noun (secondary product)
- subproduto noun (side effect)
Russian
2 entries- побо́чный эффе́кт noun (side effect)
- побочный продукт noun (secondary product)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- far-stuth noun (secondary product)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- nuspojava noun (side effect)
- nusprodukt noun (secondary product)
- nusproizvod noun (secondary product)
Spanish
1 entries- subproducto noun (side effect)
Swedish
2 entries- bieffekt noun (side effect)
- biprodukt noun (secondary product)
Tagalog
1 entries- yaga noun (secondary product)
Thai
2 entries- ผลพลอยได้ noun (secondary product)
- ผลพลอยได้ noun (side effect)
Turkish
2 entries- yan etki noun (side effect)
- yan ürün noun (secondary product)
Ukrainian
1 entries- побічний продукт noun (secondary product)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phụ phẩm noun (secondary product)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Happiness is not a goal. It's a by-product of a life well lived.
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Cattle, such as dairy cows or beef cattle produce methane as a by-product of digestion.
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The unexpected by-product of the calculation was that Earth may be unique, actually an aberration among myriads of dead, uninhabitable worlds.
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