cutthroat business environment
- noun
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entorno empresarial despiadado
- Surviving in a cutthroat business environment requires resilience and strategic thinking.
Examples
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She thrived in the cutthroat business environment of investment banking.
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Many startups fail due to the relentless pace of the cutthroat business environment.
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The tech industry is a cutthroat business environment!
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Many startups struggle in a cutthroat business environment.
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Many startups fail due to the relentless pace of the cutthroat business environment.
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She thrived in the cutthroat business environment of investment banking.
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Surviving in a cutthroat business environment requires resilience and strategic thinking.
Synonyms
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A strong struggle between people to get the same job or prize
A very competitive workplace where people act harshly to get ahead
How Competitive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
cutthroat + business + environment
The phrase is a straightforward composition: 'cutthroat' (ruthlessly competitive) modifies 'business environment' (the conditions in which businesses operate), so the overall meaning — an intensely competitive, ruthless commercial setting — follows directly from the parts. This is a regular adjective+noun+noun assembly with no idiomatic shift, so learners who know the constituents can predict the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase cutthroat business environment starts with cutthroat, where cut and throat give the violent image of someone willing to cut a rival's throat to win. That's why the phrase now means a very 'ruthless' and fiercely competitive place where people or companies may harm others to succeed.