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PowerPointlessness

PowerPointlessness noun: the senseless and excessive use of PowerPoint as a communication medium, characterized by an overreliance of superficial visual effects, such as animated transitions, which detract from the clarity and substantive quality of the presentation.

Noun

PowerPointlessness (uncountable)

  1. The senseless and excessive use of PowerPoint as a communication medium, characterized by an overreliance of superficial visual effects, such as animated transitions, which detract from the clarity and substantive quality of the presentation.
    • Near-synonym: death by PowerPoint
    • We do not have to subject ourselves or our students to 'death by PowerPoint' or 'PowerPointlessness' as Jamie McKenzie calls it2005, David Clive Nettelbeck, Computers, Thinking and Learning: Inspiring Students with Technology, page 52

Examples of PowerPointlessness in a sentence

  • Powerful PowerPoint: Tips for Ending PowerPointlessness ...2007, Steven J. Bell, John D. Shank, Academic Librarianship by Design, page 139:
  • PowerPointlessness in higher education is an educational sin.2007, Glenn Rikowski, PowerPointlessness in Higher Education (Target page closed down by AOL)
  • Avoid 'PowerPointlessness!' A presentation should always be about your audience, not about you.2008, various authors, “Presentation Skill”, in Presentation Skill, Global Media, →ISBN:

Synonyms of PowerPointlessness

Origin of PowerPointlessness

Blend of PowerPoint + pointlessness, coined by Jamie McKenzie in 2000.

Questions about PowerPointlessness

What does PowerPointlessness mean?
PowerPointlessness means the senseless and excessive use of PowerPoint as a communication medium, characterized by an overreliance of superficial visual effects, such as animated transitions, which detract from the clarity and substantive quality of the presentation.
How do you use PowerPointlessness in a sentence?
Powerful PowerPoint: Tips for Ending PowerPointlessness ...
What part of speech is PowerPointlessness?
PowerPointlessness is a noun.

Words near PowerPointlessness in the dictionary

  1. PowerPoint rangers
  2. PowerPointed
  3. PowerPointer
  4. PowerPointers
  5. PowerPointing
  6. PowerPointlessness
  7. powerpoints
  8. powerpop
  9. powers
  10. powers ahead
  11. powers behind the throne

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