Definitions
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- noun
Administrivia .
Etymologies
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administrative + -ia (“Latin plural”) – literally, “administrative matters”. Popularized 1960s in US education. Preceded by administrivia, which dates from the 1930s.
Examples
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"Our development model has scaled very well, and we have a rather large number of developers, and I think they are actually productive and not bogged down in unnecessary 'administrativia.'"
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ROI allows practices to absorb these changes without adding to the time they spend on administrativia.
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