undesked
UK/ʌnˈdɛskt/
undesked adjective: not having a desk; without a desk.
Adjective
undesked (comparative more undesked, superlative most undesked)
- Not having a desk; without a desk.
- Also, a number of high-end hotels are improving customer service by experimenting with undesked staff who can check guests in in the lobby, parking lot, or conference room […]2007, Mehdi Khosrowpour et al., Web Technologies for Commerce and Services Online, Idea Group, page 215
- Not having been looked at or sub-edited by a desk-based journalist.
- I can only think of a small handful of journalists who blog direct to the web without being either desked or subbed first. We don't publish news stories undesked and although our journalists can publish pictures direct to blogs, they rarely do.2009 February 16, Siobhan Butterworth, ‘Open Door’, The Guardian
Forms of undesked
| comparative | more undesked |
|---|---|
| superlative | most undesked |
Origin of undesked
From un- + desked.
Questions about undesked
- What does undesked mean?
- Undesked means not having a desk; without a desk.
- What part of speech is undesked?
- Undesked is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce undesked?
- Undesked is pronounced /ʌnˈdɛskt/ (UK).
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