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too hard basket

too hard basket noun: a category of items that should be done but which are avoided because they are difficult.

Noun

too hard basket (plural too hard baskets)

  1. A category of items that should be done but which are avoided because they are difficult.
    • I have always had the ability to put difficult issues in the 'too hard basket' to avoid thinking about them and therefore to avoid having to deal with them.2007, Mary Moody, The Long Hot Summer, →ISBN
    • They didn't learn much about the Cereus flower and related species and couldn't work out what the name meant or if it meant anything at all. Either way, they decided to put it in their too hard baskets for now.2012, Anthony Engel, Image Carriers, →ISBN

Forms of too hard basket

pluraltoo hard baskets
alternative formtoo-hard basket

Origin of too hard basket

By analogy with the "in" and "out" baskets used to organize paperwork.

Questions about too hard basket

What does too hard basket mean?
Too hard basket means a category of items that should be done but which are avoided because they are difficult.
What part of speech is too hard basket?
Too hard basket is a noun.
What is the plural of too hard basket?
The plural of too hard basket is too hard baskets.

Words near too hard basket in the dictionary

  1. too cool for school
  2. too far gone
  3. too good for this world
  4. too good to be true
  5. too good to last
  6. too hard basket
  7. too hard baskets
  8. too hot to handle
  9. too hot to hold
  10. too late
  11. too little, too late

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