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adv
Through the collaborative efforts of multiple contributors, as a team or committee assigned to accomplish a goal; especially as known for protracted proceedings, a lack of responsiveness, or undesired results.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adv
With any of the results cynically attributed to committee projects, e.g. unnecessary complexity, inconsistency, logical flaws, lack of a unifying vision, banality, lack of style or character, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, humorous, sometimes
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History
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