engineer's disease
A bias of technical professionals who think that their expertise allows them to solve…A bias of technical professionals who think that their expertise allows them to solve problems in unrelated fields.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A bias of technical professionals who think that their expertise allows them to solve problems in unrelated fields.
(uncountable)A tendency for engineers to be protective and perfectionist about their work.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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