In Wal-Mart's usage it's an euphemism for an employee.
Child Development Associate
branch mean branch direct to main office control but franchise is associate (dealer ship) method.
Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.
It means the person doing it needs a kick in the balls!!!
An owner occupied home is a home that is lived in by the person who owns it, rather than by someone who is renting from the person who owns it.
A mean person could be described as acting juvenile. A mean person could be described as acting jealous.
Such a person could be described as shy or inarticulate.
Where? in South Texas... Walmart and a DQ. A person who exhibits a deep and detailed knowledge of civilization, who cares about civilization and its values and practices, and who acts in accordance with the ideals of civilization, may be described as highly civilized.
When a person is described as being sentient, it means that they are perceptive, and have a conscious mind. You could also say that a sentient person is observant and takes things in.
A retail associate is a person in a store that acts as a clerk. The retail associate might ring up a customer's purchases, stock shelves, clean, and assist customers in finding items.
It means you need to find new friends that are into whatever you are into.
Associate means to group
It means the person doesn't want to be known as a friend or in any way connected with a certain person.
A person that is described as seldom bored is an active person that always seems to be engaged in doing some thing.
If a person is passive it means they don't offer any resistance or they could simply be peacefully resistant.
If you mean associate they associate with Doneys, Arses and Zebra's.
This is, by now, a somewhat old fashioned idiom, but in the 1950's conformists were described as square. A person who always does what society expects him or her to do, could be described as square.