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OOTL

OOTL is the initialism of out of the loop.

Meaning of out of the loop

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Not informed, up-to-date, or current; not included in a process or discussion.
    • Automation technology can lead to complacency when it takes the controller ‘out of the loop’ by reducing the need for his interaction with a flightcrew and de-emphasizing the cooperative aspects of the air traffic system.1973, International Federation of Air Traffic Controller's Association (contributor), The Controller, Volumes 12-15, page 22

Questions about OOTL

What is OOTL the initialism of?
OOTL is the initialism of out of the loop.

Words near OOTL in the dictionary

  1. oothecae
  2. oothecal
  3. ootid
  4. ootidogenesis
  5. ootids
  6. OOTL
  7. OOTO
  8. OotP
  9. OOTQ
  10. OOTS
  11. OOTSs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: OOTL (page history and authors); out of the loop (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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