paper organization
paper organization noun: an organization that exists in concept, on paper, but has insufficient resources or support to be actualized as intended or envisioned.
Noun
paper organization (plural paper organizations)
- an organization that exists in concept, on paper, but has insufficient resources or support to be actualized as intended or envisioned.
- The 4th Marines existed only as a paper organization until 8 March 1946. Reactivation of all three battalions and the weapons company occurred on that date.1970, J. S. Santelli, A Brief History of the 4th Marines, Historical Division of the U.S. Marine Corps, page 37.
- It remains alive today, barely, under the leadership of Joseph Lowry but is largely a paper organization without a viable mission or vision (given the demise of mass protests, its central organizational innovation), given largely to holding annual conventions, occasional rallies and marches...1996, R. C. Smith, We Have No Leaders, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, pages 89-90
Forms of paper organization
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Questions about paper organization
- What does paper organization mean?
- Paper organization means an organization that exists in concept, on paper, but has insufficient resources or support to be actualized as intended or envisioned.
- What part of speech is paper organization?
- Paper organization is a noun.
- What is the plural of paper organization?
- The plural of paper organization is paper organizations.
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