circumlocution office
circumlocution office · circumlocution offices
Any organization that wastes time on bureaucracy to the detriment of its actual businessAny organization that wastes time on bureaucracy to the detriment of its actual business.
Meaning
1 sensesAny organization that wastes time on bureaucracy to the detriment of its actual business.
Origin
Introduced in Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit.Introduced in Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit.
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