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ADMINISTRIVIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does administrivia mean?
• ADMINISTRIVIA (noun)
The noun ADMINISTRIVIA has 1 sense:
1. the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization
Familiarity information: ADMINISTRIVIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he sets policy and leaves all the administrivia to his assistant
Hypernyms ("administrivia" is a kind of...):
running (the act of administering or being in charge of something)
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