单词 | paper-shuffling |
释义 | > as lemmaspaper-shuffling paper-shuffling n. (a) routine, unnecessary, or excessive paperwork, red tape; (b) illegal or unethical financial transactions disguised by misleading paperwork, creative accounting, etc. ΚΠ 1952 Congress. Rec. 7 Feb. 932/2 It is clear that there is a tremendous amount of waste in unnecessary printing in almost every department of Government... There is entirely too much paper shuffling. 1996 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 14 May 1 Results on the ground should take precedence over bureaucratic paper-shuffling. < as lemmas |
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