Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The mundane details involved in running an organization or executing a process.
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- noun
Administrative details that must be dealt with in order to do more interesting work.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If it's any comfort, the word administrivia is awesome.
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But if you don’t want to flounder in administrivia
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But if you don’t want to flounder in administrivia
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You have to have lawyers and accountants to make sure you have lived up to all the local, regional, state and national "administrivia" that is required of you.
Ten Questions For Mark Cuban Forbes staff 2010
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This is often affiliated with "administrivia" needless paperwork and processes.
November 16th, 2006 curufea 2006
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Yet, what constrains the function from getting respected in most organizations is a focus on being good at "administrivia," and not "the more important strategic role of raising the reputational and intellectual capital of the company."
ERE.net 2009
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Yet, what constrains the function from getting respected in most organizations is a focus on being good at "administrivia," and not "the more important strategic role of raising the reputational and intellectual capital of the company."
ERE.net 2009
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Yet, what constrains the function from getting respected in most organizations is a focus on being good at "administrivia," and not "the more important strategic role of raising the reputational and intellectual capital of the company."
ERE.net 2009
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Yet, what constrains the function from getting respected in most organizations is a focus on being good at "administrivia," and not "the more important strategic role of raising the reputational and intellectual capital of the company."
ERE.net 2009
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Yet, what constrains the function from getting respected in most organizations is a focus on being good at "administrivia," and not "the more important strategic role of raising the reputational and intellectual capital of the company."
ERE.net 2009
ecrivaine33 commented on the word administrivia
I first saw this word in Po Bronson's book, "What Should I Do With My Life," which I was reading this morning on the Metrorail train to work.
January 19, 2007