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bandwidth

bandwidth

6 4.4
The time and energy a person or team has to take on more work
  • noun
  • /ˈbændˌwɪdθ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : capacidad
  • I do not have the mental bandwidth to deal with this today.
  • emotional bandwidth
  • need for bandwidth
  • more bandwidth

I don't really have the bandwidth or the interest.

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Examples

  • I don't really have the bandwidth or the interest.

  • One of our scarcest resources is the mindspace—aka mental bandwidth—of citizens and leaders.

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  • However, if you think you have time or planning bandwidth for communities.

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  • There was not enough time, nor was there enough resource bandwidth to do anything more than what we were already doing.

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  • Like where is that limited bandwidth, time and focus best invested?

  • My bandwidth with negotiation is limited.

  • If they're interested and they have the bandwidth to read it, they will probably ask for it.

  • You haven't got the bandwidth for that.

  • But the happiness still gives you the resilience and the bandwidth to be able to cope with that.

  • I do not have the mental bandwidth to deal with this today.

Synonyms

capacity
vsbandwidth
333 2.2

The maximum amount something can hold or store

describes an informal personal limit of time or attention

Surface Forms

bandwidth singular
bandwidths plural

Etymology

Bandwidth in the figurative sense is a helpful image from the technical word: band + width gives the idea of how much 'space' there is. So when someone says they don't have the bandwidth, they mean they do not have enough 'time' or 'attention' to handle more tasks.