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What do we call an object that is going to be, or is being, or has been consolidated?
What do we call an object that is a member in the action of consolidation?
Is "consolidatee" a word?
For example, I have two sets of objects that are going to be consolidated into one single ...
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Is there a term for something that is thought of in one way, then something happens and it's suddenly thought of in a new way?
I’m writing a business growth strategy book based on weeds. Weeds are thought of as essentially living garbage, as pests, as useless. But they are actually miracles of strategy, resilience and ...
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An expression for section of leg just above the ankle
Correct me If I'm wrong - As far as I understand, the ankle is the region where the foot and the leg meet or the bone/bump right above the heel.
Is there a single word or a simple expression for a ...
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What's the idiomatic word for something that keeps you sane/grounded?
There's a word for something, that when remembered--or a person that when spoken to--brings you back to reality and the knowledge that you're not insane. I keep wanting to say "touchstone", but I don'...
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A name for a place where items are waiting to be processed
I am looking for a name that describes an area or place whose purpose is to store "items" that are waiting to be processed by some external entity. Kind of like a shopping cart whose purpose is to ...
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What do you call an area where people can pick up flyers/pamphlets?
What do you call an area/corner where people can pick up free flyers/pamphlets/brochures?
Sometimes they're on catalog stands and sometimes they're just in stacks on a table.
My non-native speaking ...
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Looking for a word to describe ineffectual people who would like to be effective
I need to create names for four categories of people - people who score either high or low on measures of environmental concern and pro-environmental behaviour. I have three sorted so far:
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word for "splitting time between various tasks"
What'd be a good word (noun) for "dividing one's time between various tasks"?
E.g., when you refer to an employee that works on several projects in a given month, but not necessarily on more than one ...
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A word for a scrawny, ghastly but wise and academic or studious person
I'm looking for a word, not necessarily a direct “reverse dictionary” sort of word that has the definition above, but even a creative word that can describe, label, or represent that sort of person ...
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What can we call " an employee who is under-productive but the quality of his work is enviable"
A pleasant expression for an employee who has remained
under-productive despite several feedback.
(QUANTITATIVELY WORST)
There are workers who are unable to churn up BIG numbers but the
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Sound distortion from microphone or amplifier etc. - what do we call it?
I live near a temple and during the morning prayer, more often than not, the loudspeaker would produce a jarring sound.
Is there a single word for the sound distortion from micrphone or amplifier.
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Word for "to wrong by treating the same?"
I was wondering if there is a word for treating a group the same as another, even though they have different needs. It would be a bit like an antonym of discrimination, but most antonyms of ...
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How to express 'unneed' of something?
For example, method 1 of doing something (say A) requires something else (say B). And I invented method 2 to do A but without the prerequisite of B. I can say:
The disadvantage of method 1 is its ...
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What's another word for Guinea Pig, i.e. when you call someone a "test dummy"?
If someone is being used to test a new product or idea, they can be called a "guinea pig" (because Guinea Pigs are usually used by medical labs for testing).
What is another term that would carry the ...
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