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administrivia

administrivia noun: administrative details that which take a significant amount of time to complete.

Noun

administrivia (countable and uncountable, plural administrivia)

  1. Administrative details that which take a significant amount of time to complete.
    • Administrivia take up two hours of every day.
    • Administrivia takes up two hours of every day.

administrivia meaning in Tamil

administrivia in Tamil

நிருவாக அடிப்படைப் பணிகள்

Synonyms of administrivia

Forms of administrivia

pluraladministrivia

Origin of administrivia

Blend of administrative + trivia. First use appears c. 1937 in International Journal of Ethics.

Questions about administrivia

What does administrivia mean?
Administrivia means administrative details that which take a significant amount of time to complete.
What is administrivia in Tamil?
Administrivia in Tamil is நிருவாக அடிப்படைப் பணிகள். See Administrivia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is administrivia?
Administrivia is a noun.
What is the plural of administrivia?
The plural of administrivia is administrivia.

Words near administrivia in the dictionary

  1. administre
  2. administred
  3. administress
  4. administresses
  5. administring
  6. administrivia
  7. adminned
  8. adminning
  9. admins
  10. adminship
  11. adminships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: administrivia (page history and authors); administrivia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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