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Dilbertian

Dilbertian adjective: relating to, or reminiscent of, Dilbert, a satirical American comic strip about a micromanaged white-collar office worker surrounded by ineptitude and corruption.

Adjective

Dilbertian (comparative more Dilbertian, superlative most Dilbertian)

  1. Relating to, or reminiscent of, Dilbert, a satirical American comic strip about a micromanaged white-collar office worker surrounded by ineptitude and corruption.
    • Thus do the Dilbertian wars commence. Well-meaning engineers and project leaders try to bankrupt the company, while I try to sabotage their programs.2000, Rick Fleeter, The Logic of Microspace, page 291
    • Common numbers like distances would never be expressed in megameters or nanomiles — it would bring us too close to the Dilbertian world of pocket protectors and calculator holsters.2009, J. Scott Turner, The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures, page 15
    Synonyms:
    Dilbertesque

Synonyms of Dilbertian

Forms of Dilbertian

comparativemore Dilbertian
superlativemost Dilbertian

Origin of Dilbertian

From Dilbert + -ian.

Questions about Dilbertian

What does Dilbertian mean?
Dilbertian means relating to, or reminiscent of, Dilbert, a satirical American comic strip about a micromanaged white-collar office worker surrounded by ineptitude and corruption.
What part of speech is Dilbertian?
Dilbertian is an adjective.

Words near Dilbertian in the dictionary

  1. Dilazak
  2. Dilazaks
  3. dilazep
  4. Dilbert principle
  5. Dilbertesque
  6. Dilbertian
  7. dilbit
  8. dilbits
  9. dild
  10. dildo
  11. dildo cacti

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