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activity trap

activity trap noun: a managerial or professional condition where employees become excessively engaged in performing numerous routine or trivial tasks, rather than focusing on strategic objectives or meaningful outcomes.

Noun

activity trap (plural activity traps)

  1. A managerial or professional condition where employees become excessively engaged in performing numerous routine or trivial tasks, rather than focusing on strategic objectives or meaningful outcomes.

Forms of activity trap

pluralactivity traps

Questions about activity trap

What does activity trap mean?
Activity trap means a managerial or professional condition where employees become excessively engaged in performing numerous routine or trivial tasks, rather than focusing on strategic objectives or meaningful outcomes.
What part of speech is activity trap?
Activity trap is a noun.
What is the plural of activity trap?
The plural of activity trap is activity traps.

Words near activity trap in the dictionary

  1. activity stream
  2. activity streams
  3. activity theory
  4. activity tracker
  5. activity trackers
  6. activity trap
  7. activity traps
  8. activization
  9. activizations
  10. activize
  11. activized

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