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career-limiting move

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An act that is likely to result in the actor's demotion or loss of employment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, humorous

Examples

  • 1991 Oct 08: dan herrick, Re: IV&V as a tool for dealing with "mistakes" and uncertainty, sci.space, http://groups.google.com/group/sci.space/msg/87a7ffb1d5a872df?dmode=source&hl=en However, such a career limiting move is only worth while if it can be reasonably expected to succeed in changing the wrong-headed policy.
  • 1995 Jan 11: Kay Hammer as cited in Neil Raden, Re: Data Warehousing, comp.databases, http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases/msg/7176488e9967cceb?dmode=source&hl=en Consequently, it can be a career-limiting move not to consider carefully all these issues during the design phase.
  • 2006 Feb 28: Xocyll, Re: WoW teaches the wrong things, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg/msg/ef8d37ae7f01cbb3?dmode=source&hl=en Kind of a career limiting move to leave the game running where management might find it.

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