C1 adjective رسمي

circumoperency

/ˌsɜːrkəmˈɒpərənsi/

The state or quality of working or acting in an indirect, roundabout, or circuitous manner. It describes processes or behaviors that avoid direct paths or confrontation to achieve a specific result.

أمثلة

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I cannot stand the circumoperency of this website's navigation; it takes ten clicks just to reach the help page.

I cannot stand the circumoperency of this website's navigation; it takes ten clicks just to reach the help page.

2

The diplomat's circumoperency was a calculated move to gauge the opponent's reaction without committing to a stance.

The diplomat's circumoperency was a calculated move to gauge the opponent's reaction without committing to a stance.

3

Cut the circumoperency and just tell me if you actually finished the report or not.

Cut the circumoperency and just tell me if you actually finished the report or not.

عائلة الكلمة

اسم
circumoperency
Verb
circumoperate
ظرف
circumoperently
صفة
circumoperent
مرتبط
circumoperation
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نصيحة للحفظ

Think of 'circumference' (the circle around) and 'operation' (work). It is 'work that goes in a circle' instead of a straight line.

اختبار سريع

The project was delayed not by a lack of funds, but by the ________ of the local zoning office.

صحيح!

الإجابة الصحيحة هي: circumoperency

أمثلة

1

I cannot stand the circumoperency of this website's navigation; it takes ten clicks just to reach the help page.

everyday

I cannot stand the circumoperency of this website's navigation; it takes ten clicks just to reach the help page.

2

The diplomat's circumoperency was a calculated move to gauge the opponent's reaction without committing to a stance.

formal

The diplomat's circumoperency was a calculated move to gauge the opponent's reaction without committing to a stance.

3

Cut the circumoperency and just tell me if you actually finished the report or not.

informal

Cut the circumoperency and just tell me if you actually finished the report or not.

4

The study suggests that bureaucratic circumoperency serves as a defensive mechanism against external political pressure.

academic

The study suggests that bureaucratic circumoperency serves as a defensive mechanism against external political pressure.

5

In our firm, we aim to eliminate circumoperency to ensure that client requests are handled with maximum efficiency.

business

In our firm, we aim to eliminate circumoperency to ensure that client requests are handled with maximum efficiency.

عائلة الكلمة

اسم
circumoperency
Verb
circumoperate
ظرف
circumoperently
صفة
circumoperent
مرتبط
circumoperation

تلازمات شائعة

sheer circumoperency complete and total indirectness in action
bureaucratic circumoperency roundabout operations within an administrative system
tactical circumoperency strategic use of indirect methods
avoid circumoperency to prevent acting in a circuitous way
inherent circumoperency a natural or built-in quality of being roundabout

العبارات الشائعة

by way of circumoperency

doing something through indirect means

a master of circumoperency

someone who is exceptionally skilled at being indirect

fraught with circumoperency

full of indirect or roundabout complications

يُخلط عادةً مع

circumoperency vs circumlocution

Circumlocution refers specifically to speaking in circles, whereas circumoperency refers to acting or working in circles.

circumoperency vs circumspection

Circumspection is the quality of being cautious or wary, which may lead to indirectness but is not the same as the indirect operation itself.

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ملاحظات الاستخدام

This is a high-level, formal term often used in technical, political, or academic analysis to describe complex, non-linear workflows or behaviors. It is rarely used in casual conversation except for humorous effect regarding unnecessary complexity.

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أخطاء شائعة

Learners often confuse it with 'circumvention' (the act of bypassing something), though circumoperency is the state of the operation being roundabout rather than the specific act of avoiding an obstacle.

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نصيحة للحفظ

Think of 'circumference' (the circle around) and 'operation' (work). It is 'work that goes in a circle' instead of a straight line.

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أصل الكلمة

Derived from the Latin 'circum' (around) and 'operari' (to work/operate), following the pattern of words like 'efficiency' or 'tendency'.

أنماط نحوية

Usually functions as an uncountable noun. Can be used as a subject or an object in formal prose. Often modified by adjectives like 'frustrating', 'strategic', or 'necessary'.
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السياق الثقافي

In Western business culture, 'circumoperency' is often viewed negatively as it contrasts with the cultural value of 'directness' and 'transparency'.

اختبار سريع

The project was delayed not by a lack of funds, but by the ________ of the local zoning office.

صحيح!

الإجابة الصحيحة هي: circumoperency

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B2

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B2

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