enterprisey approach

9.4

A way of working that uses too many rules, meetings, and paperwork

noun

Jargon

: enfoque empresarial

Many startups avoid an enterprisey approach to maintain their agility and creativity.

Examples

Her enterprisey approach added unnecessary meetings and paperwork to the process.
His enterprisey approach made the meeting feel too formal.
The team preferred a more flexible style instead of the usual enterprisey approach.
We should avoid an enterprisey approach to this project.
Many companies find that an enterprisey approach can stifle innovation and slow down progress.
To succeed in this dynamic market, we need to move away from an enterprisey approach and embrace more agile methods.
Her enterprisey approach seemed to complicate what could have been a straightforward task.

Antonyms

flexibleness

3.9

The ability to change to fit new situations

How Bureaucratic

bureaucratic

93 6.7

enterprisey approach

Jargon

9.4

businesslike

15 4.3

informal

98 3.1

Surface Forms

enterprisey approach singular

enterprisey approaches plural

Morphology

enterprisey + approach

Although 'enterprisey' is informal and not listed in dictionaries, its meaning is transparently derived from 'enterprise' + the adjectival '-y' (meaning 'like an enterprise' or 'business-like'), and combined with 'approach' yields 'a business-like/bureaucratic method'. A B1 learner who knows the constituents and the productive '-y' pattern would readily infer this sense.

Etymology

The phrase enterprisey approach comes from the word enterprise, meaning a large company, and the idea of an approach, so imagine a big office with many meetings, long forms and strict rules. That is why it means being 'too formal, business-like, or full of extra rules'.